VMware ESXi updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability (VMSA-2016-0002)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105560");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7547");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_name("VMware ESXi updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability (VMSA-2016-0002)");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0002.html");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The glibc library has been updated in multiple products to resolve a
  stack buffer overflow present in the glibc getaddrinfo function.");

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

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware product updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201602401-SG

  ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201602401-SG");

  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-11-30 21:31:00 +0000 (Fri, 30 Nov 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-02-24 15:23:40 +0100 (Wed, 24 Feb 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("VMware Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esxi_init.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VMware/ESXi/LSC", "VMware/ESX/version");

  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("6.0.0", "VIB:esx-base:6.0.0-1.29.3568940",
                     "5.5.0", "VIB:esx-base:5.5.0-3.84.3568722");

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);