CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
92.7%
a. VMware vCSA cross-site scripting vulnerability
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) contains a vulnerability that may allow for Cross Site Scripting. Exploitation of this vulnerability in vCenter Server requires tricking a user to click on a malicious link or to open a malicious web page.
VMware would like to thank Tanya Secker of Trustwave SpiderLabs for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2014-3797 to this issue.
b. vCenter Server certificate validation issue
vCenter Server does not properly validate the presented certificate when establishing a connection to a CIM Server residing on an ESXi host. This may allow for a Man-in-the-middle attack against the CIM service.
VMware would like to thank The Google Security Team for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-8371 to this issue.
c. Update to ESXi libxml2 package
libxml2 is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-2877 and CVE-2014-0191 to these issues.
d. Update to ESXi Curl package
Curl is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2014-0015 and CVE-2014-0138 to these issues.
e. Update to ESXi Python package
Python is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-1752 and CVE-2013-4238 to these issues.
f. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.6 Update 81
Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in JRE 1.6.0 update 81 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of July 2014. The References section provides a link to this advisory.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2014-0012.
# The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(79762);
script_version("1.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1752", "CVE-2013-2877", "CVE-2013-4238", "CVE-2014-0015", "CVE-2014-0138", "CVE-2014-0191", "CVE-2014-3797", "CVE-2014-8371");
script_bugtraq_id(61050, 61738, 63804, 65270, 66457, 67233, 71492, 71493);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2014-0012");
script_name(english:"VMSA-2014-0012 : VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patch");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security-related patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"a. VMware vCSA cross-site scripting vulnerability
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) contains a vulnerability
that may allow for Cross Site Scripting. Exploitation of this
vulnerability in vCenter Server requires tricking a user to click
on a malicious link or to open a malicious web page.
VMware would like to thank Tanya Secker of Trustwave SpiderLabs for
reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2014-3797 to this issue.
b. vCenter Server certificate validation issue
vCenter Server does not properly validate the presented certificate
when establishing a connection to a CIM Server residing on an ESXi
host. This may allow for a Man-in-the-middle attack against the CIM
service.
VMware would like to thank The Google Security Team for reporting
this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-8371 to this issue.
c. Update to ESXi libxml2 package
libxml2 is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-2877 and
CVE-2014-0191 to these issues.
d. Update to ESXi Curl package
Curl is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2014-0015 and
CVE-2014-0138 to these issues.
e. Update to ESXi Python package
Python is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-1752 and
CVE-2013-4238 to these issues.
f. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.6 Update 81
Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in
JRE 1.6.0 update 81 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update
Advisory of July 2014. The References section provides a link to
this advisory."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2015/000287.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/06");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/version");
script_require_ports("Host/VMware/esxupdate", "Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("vmware_esx_packages.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX / ESXi");
if (
!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs") &&
!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxupdate")
) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
init_esx_check(date:"2014-12-04");
flag = 0;
if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 5.1", vib:"VMware:esx-base:5.1.0-2.47.2323231")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:esx_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1752
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2877
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4238
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0015
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0138
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0191
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3797
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8371
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2015/000287.html