6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.057 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.3%
VMware has updated ESXi and ESX to address multiple security
vulnerabilities.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103847");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-5970", "CVE-2013-5971");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_version("2024-02-08T14:36:53+0000");
script_name("VMware ESXi Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2013-0012) - Remote Version Check");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 14:36:53 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-12-03 14:04:01 +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:"summary", value:"VMware has updated ESXi and ESX to address multiple security
vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable build is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"a. VMware ESXi and ESX contain a vulnerability in hostd-vmdb.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must intercept and modify the management traffic.
Exploitation of the issue may lead to a Denial of Service of the hostd-vmdb service.
To reduce the likelihood of exploitation, vSphere components should be deployed on an isolated
management network.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201310101-SG
- VMware ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201307401-SG
- VMware ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201305401-SG
- VMware ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201307401-SG
- VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201305401-SG");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch(es).");
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", "1311177");
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);