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VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2014-0002)

🗓️ 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party libraries to address DDoS vulnerability in NTP, glibc security issue, and Oracle JRE security issues

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103915");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-5211", "CVE-2013-4332");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_name("VMware ESXi/ESX updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2014-0002)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-03-12 14:04:01 +0100 (Wed, 12 Mar 2014)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("VMware Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 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-2014-0002.html");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"a. DDoS vulnerability in NTP third party libraries

  The NTP daemon has a DDoS vulnerability in the handling of the
  'monlist' command. An attacker may send a forged request to a
  vulnerable NTP server resulting in an amplified response to the
  intended target of the DDoS attack.

  b. Update to ESXi glibc package

  The ESXi glibc package is updated to version glibc-2.5-118.el5_10.2 to
  resolve a security issue.

  c. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.7 Update 45

  Oracle JRE is updated to version JRE 1.7 Update 45, which addresses
  multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle JRE.");

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

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware has updated vSphere third party libraries.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201403101-SG

  VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201404101-SG

  VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201405101-SG

  VMware ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201404401-SG

  VMware ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201404401-SG");

  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("5.5.0", "VIB:esx-base:5.5.0-1.15.1623387",
                     "5.1.0", "VIB:esx-base:5.1.0-2.27.1743201",
                     "5.0.0", "VIB:esx-base:5.0.0-3.47.1749766",
                     "4.0.0", "ESXi400-201404401-SG",
                     "4.1.0", "ESXi410-201404401-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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