6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
34.1%
VMware has updated VMware ESXi and ESX to address a vulnerability in
an unhandled exception in the NFC protocol handler.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103846");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1661");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_version("2023-06-28T05:05:21+0000");
script_name("VMware ESX and ESXi updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2013-0011) - Remote Version Check");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0011.html");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-28 05:05:21 +0000 (Wed, 28 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-12-03 14:01:01 +0100 (Tue, 03 Dec 2013)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esx_web_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/ESX/build", "VMware/ESX/version");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable build is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Unhandled Exception
VMware ESXi and ESX contain a vulnerability in the handling of
the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol. To exploit this
vulnerability, an attacker must intercept and modify the NFC
traffic between ESXi/ESX and the client. Exploitation of the
issue may lead to a Denial of Service.
To reduce the likelihood of exploitation, vSphere components should
be deployed on an isolated management network");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch(es).");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware has updated VMware ESXi and ESX to address a vulnerability in
an unhandled exception in the NFC protocol handler.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201307101
- VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201308101
- VMware ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201304401
- VMware ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201305401
- VMware ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201304401
- VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201305401");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("vmware_esx.inc");
if(!esxVersion = get_kb_item("VMware/ESX/version"))exit(0);
if(!esxBuild = get_kb_item("VMware/ESX/build"))exit(0);
fixed_builds = make_array("5.0.0", "1197855",
"5.1.0", "1142907");
if(!fixed_builds[esxVersion])exit(0);
if(int(esxBuild) < int(fixed_builds[esxVersion])) {
security_message(port:0, data: esxi_remote_report(ver:esxVersion, build: esxBuild, fixed_build: fixed_builds[esxVersion]));
exit(0);
}
exit(99);