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VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console (VMSA-2012-0001)

🗓️ 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console (VMSA-2012-0001). The update addresses multiple security issues in the COS kernel, cURL RPM, nspr, and nss RPMs

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103448");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3560", "CVE-2009-3720", "CVE-2010-0547", "CVE-2010-0787", "CVE-2010-1634", "CVE-2010-2059", "CVE-2010-2089", "CVE-2010-3493", "CVE-2010-4649", "CVE-2011-0695", "CVE-2011-0711", "CVE-2011-0726", "CVE-2011-1015", "CVE-2011-1044", "CVE-2011-1078", "CVE-2011-1079", "CVE-2011-1080", "CVE-2011-1093", "CVE-2011-1163", "CVE-2011-1166", "CVE-2011-1170", "CVE-2011-1171", "CVE-2011-1172", "CVE-2011-1182", "CVE-2011-1494", "CVE-2011-1495", "CVE-2011-1521", "CVE-2011-1573", "CVE-2011-1576", "CVE-2011-1577", "CVE-2011-1593", "CVE-2011-1678", "CVE-2011-1745", "CVE-2011-1746", "CVE-2011-1763", "CVE-2011-1776", "CVE-2011-1780", "CVE-2011-1936", "CVE-2011-2022", "CVE-2011-2192", "CVE-2011-2213", "CVE-2011-2482", "CVE-2011-2491", "CVE-2011-2492", "CVE-2011-2495", "CVE-2011-2517", "CVE-2011-2519", "CVE-2011-2522", "CVE-2011-2525", "CVE-2011-2689", "CVE-2011-2694", "CVE-2011-2901", "CVE-2011-3378");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_name("VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console (VMSA-2012-0001)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-04 15:13:00 +0000 (Tue, 04 Aug 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-03-15 14:13:01 +0100 (Thu, 15 Mar 2012)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("VMware Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esxi_init.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VMware/ESXi/LSC", "VMware/ESX/version");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0001.html");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch(es).");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if the target host is missing one or more patch(es).");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0001.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201201401-SG

  ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201203101-SG

  ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201203401-SG

  ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201201401-SG, ESX410-201201402-SG,
  ESX410-201201404-SG, ESX410-201201405-SG, ESX410-201201406-SG,
  ESX410-201201407-SG");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console address
  several security issues.

  a. ESX third party update for Service Console kernel

  The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) kernel is updated to kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5
  to fix multiple security issues in the COS kernel.

  b. ESX third party update for Service Console cURL RPM

  The ESX Service Console (COS) curl RPM is updated to cURL-7.15.5.9 resolving a security issue.

  c. ESX third party update for Service Console nspr and nss RPMs

  The ESX Service Console (COS) nspr and nss RPMs are updated to nspr-4.8.8-1.el5_7 and
  nss-3.12.10-4.el5_7 respectively resolving a security issue.

  A Certificate Authority (CA) issued fraudulent SSL certificates and Netscape
  Portable Runtime (NSPR) and Network Security Services (NSS) contain the
  built-in tokens of this fraudulent Certificate Authority. This update renders
  all SSL certificates signed by the fraudulent CA as untrusted for all uses.

  d. ESX third party update for Service Console rpm RPMs

  The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) rpm packages are updated to
  popt-1.10.2.3-22.el5_7.2, rpm-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2, rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2
  and rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2 which fixes multiple security issues.

  e. ESX third party update for Service Console samba RPMs

  The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) samba packages are updated to
  samba-client-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba-common-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 and
  libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 which fixes multiple security issues in the
  Samba client.

  f. ESX third party update for Service Console python package

  The ESX Service Console (COS) python package is updated to 2.4.3-44 which fixes
  multiple security issues.

  g. ESXi update to third party component python

  The python third party library is updated to python 2.5.6 which fixes multiple
  security issues.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("vmware_esx.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!get_kb_item("VMware/ESXi/LSC"))
  exit(0);

if(!esxVersion = get_kb_item("VMware/ESX/version"))
  exit(0);

patches = make_array("4.1.0", "ESXi410-201201401-SG",
                     "4.0.0", "ESXi400-201203401-SG",
                     "5.0.0", "VIB:esx-base:5.0.0-0.10.608089");

if(!patches[esxVersion])
  exit(99);

if(report = esxi_patch_missing(esxi_version:esxVersion, patch:patches[esxVersion])) {
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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