VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2012-0013)
🗓️ 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103558");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4180", "CVE-2010-4252", "CVE-2011-0014", "CVE-2011-4108", "CVE-2011-4109", "CVE-2011-4576", "CVE-2011-4577", "CVE-2011-4619", "CVE-2012-0050",
"CVE-2012-2110", "CVE-2011-1833", "CVE-2011-2484", "CVE-2011-2496", "CVE-2011-3188", "CVE-2011-3209", "CVE-2011-3363", "CVE-2011-4110", "CVE-2011-1020",
"CVE-2011-4132", "CVE-2011-4324", "CVE-2011-4325", "CVE-2012-0207", "CVE-2011-2699", "CVE-2012-1583", "CVE-2010-2761", "CVE-2010-4410", "CVE-2011-3597",
"CVE-2012-0841", "CVE-2009-5029", "CVE-2009-5064", "CVE-2010-0830", "CVE-2011-1089", "CVE-2011-4609", "CVE-2012-0864", "CVE-2011-4128", "CVE-2012-1569",
"CVE-2012-1573", "CVE-2012-0060", "CVE-2012-0061", "CVE-2012-0815", "CVE-2012-0393", "CVE-2012-0507");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/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 libraries (VMSA-2012-0013)");
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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-07-29 17:21:00 +0000 (Wed, 29 Jul 2020)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-31 11:02:01 +0100 (Fri, 31 Aug 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-2012-0013.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-2012-0013.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware ESX without patches ESX410-201208101-SG, ESX410-201208102-SG, ESX410-201208103-SG, ESX410-201208104-SG, ESX410-201208105-SG, ESX410-201208106-SG, ESX410-201208107-SG
VMware ESXi without patch ESXi410-201208101-SG");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"a. vCenter and ESX update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 31
The Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_31, which addresses multiple
security issues. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed by
this update in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of February 2012.
b. vCenter Update Manager update to JRE 1.5.0 Update 36
The Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to 1.5.0_36 to address multiple security issues.
Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in JRE 1.5.0_36 in
the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory for June 2012.
c. Update to ESX/ESXi userworld OpenSSL library
The ESX/ESXi userworld OpenSSL library is updated from version 0.9.8p to version
0.9.8t to resolve multiple security issues.
d. Update to ESX service console OpenSSL RPM
The service console OpenSSL RPM is updated to version 0.9.8e-22.el5_8.3 to
resolve a security issue.
e. Update to ESX service console kernel
The ESX service console kernel is updated to resolve multiple security issues.
f. Update to ESX service console Perl RPM
The ESX service console Perl RPM is updated to perl-5.8.8.32.1.8999.vmw to
resolve multiple security issues.
g. Update to ESX service console libxml2 RPM
The ESX service console libmxl2 RPMs are updated to
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 and libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 to
resolve a security issue.
h. Update to ESX service console glibc RPM
The ESX service console glibc RPM is updated to version glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.1 to
resolve multiple security issues.
i. Update to ESX service console GnuTLS RPM
The ESX service console GnuTLS RPM is updated to version 1.4.1-7.el5_8.2 to
resolve multiple security issues.
j. Update to ESX service console popt, rpm, rpm-libs, and rpm-python RPMS
The ESX service console popt, rpm, rpm-libs, and rpm-python RPMS are updated to
the following versions to resolve multiple security issues:
k. Vulnerability in third party Apache Struts component
The version of Apache Struts in vCenter Operations has been updated to 2.3.4
which addresses an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability. This vulnerability
allows an attacker to create a denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files
without authentication. The attacker would need to be on the same network as the
system where vCOps is installed.");
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-Update03:2012-08-30");
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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