VMware ESXi/ESX update addresses several security issues (VMSA-2012-0012)
🗓️ 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
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| vmware | www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0012.html |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103517");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4008", "CVE-2010-4494", "CVE-2011-0216", "CVE-2011-1944", "CVE-2011-2821", "CVE-2011-2834", "CVE-2011-3905", "CVE-2011-3919", "CVE-2012-0841");
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 update addresses several security issues (VMSA-2012-0012)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-13 17:02:01 +0100 (Fri, 13 Jul 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-2012-0012.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-2012-0012.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ESX 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201207101-SG
ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201208101-SG");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"VMware ESXi update addresses several security issues.
a. ESXi update to third party component libxml2
The libxml2 third party library has been updated which addresses 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("5.0.0", "VIB:esx-base:5.0.0-1.18.768111",
"4.0.0", "ESXi400-201209401-SG",
"4.1.0", "ESXi410-201208101-SG");
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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