VMware ESXi updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2014-0002) - Remote Version Check
🗓️ 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
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| vmware | www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0002.html |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103916");
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 updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2014-0002) - Remote Version Check");
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("General");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esx_web_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/ESX/build", "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 a vulnerable build is present on the target host.");
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.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch(es).");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware has updated ESXi third party libraries.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201403101-SG.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
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( "5.5.0", "1623387" );
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 );
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