CVE-2014-8371

VMware vCenter Server Appliance vCSA 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate...

Code injection

VMware vCenter Server Appliance vCSA 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2014-8371

CVE-2014-8371 affects VMware vCenter Server and vCSA when connecting to an ESXi CIM server; root cause is improper certificate validation that enables MITM spoofing of CIM services. Affected versions: vCSA 5.5 before Update 2, vCenter Server 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c. Remediat...

VMSA-2014-0012 : VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities

a. VMware vCSA cross-site scripting vulnerability VMware vCenter Server Appliance vCSA contains a vulnerability that may allow for Cross Site Scripting. Exploitation of this vulnerability in vCenter Server requires tricking a user to click on a malicious link or to open a malicious web page. VMwa...

VMware Releases Security Updates for vCenter Server, vCenter Server Appliance, and ESXi

VMware has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, vCenter Server Appliance, and ESXi. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to perform man-in-the-middle or cross-site scripting attacks. US-CERT encourages users and...

VMware ESXi product updates address security vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0012)

VMware vSphere product updates address a Cross Site Scripting issue, a certificate validation issue and security vulnerabilities in third-party libraries. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the...

VMware ESXi updates address security vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0012) - Remote Version Check

VMware ESXi updates address a Cross Site Scripting issue, a certificate validation issue and security vulnerabilities in third-party libraries. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective righ...

VMware CBT Data Corruption

This KB explains and details how to detect/prevent the VMware bug that exists in VMware ESXi 4.x and 5.x...

Veeam doesn't clean up temporary datastore in vSphere after restore from NetApp storage snapshot

Challenge After completing one of the restore options available for NetApp storage snapshot, you may notice that the temporary datastore under the name "snap--" is still mounted on the ESXi hosts with inactive status. See the screenshot below for an example: After a manual rescan of the storage...

ESXi 5.5 < Build 1980513 glibc Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.5 prior to build 1980513. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities in the glibc library : - A buffer overflow flaw exists in the 'extendbuffers' function of the 'posix/regexec.c' file, due to not properly validating user input. Using a...

NEW VMSA-2014-0010 - VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0010 Synopsis: VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities Issue date: 2014-09-30 Updated on: 2014-09-30 Initial Advisory CVE numbers: CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-718...

VMSA-2014-0010 : VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities (Shellshock)

a. Bash update for multiple products. Bash libraries have been updated in multiple products to resolve multiple critical security issues, also referred to as Shellshock. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the identifiers CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169,...

VMware Begins to Patch Bash Issues Across Product Line

Much like Heartbleed triggered vendors to issue out of band patches to remedy vulnerabilities that popped up earlier this year, Shellshock, the Bash vulnerability, has forced vendors’ hands in a similar fashion. Virtualization firm VMware issued a progress report on fixes for four different types...

VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities

a. Bash update for multiple products. Bash libraries have been updated in multiple products to resolve multiple critical security issues, also referred to as Shellshock.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the identifiers CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169,...

VMSA-2014-0010:VMware product updates address CRITICAL Bash security vulnerabilities

VMSA-2014-0010.13 VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0010.13 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities VMware Security Advisor...

VMware ESXi updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2014-0008) - Remote Version Check

VMware has updated ESXi third party libraries. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only if description...

VMware ESXi product updates to third party libraries (VMSA-2014-0008)

VMware has updated vSphere third party libraries. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

How to restore vCenter Server without a vCenter Server

Challenge The vCenter Server is not available and the vCenter Server VM needs to be restored. Solution To restore the vCenter Server, you will need to add one of the individual ESXi hosts to Veeam Backup & Replication, allowing you to target that host directly to restore the vCenter VM. Possible...

ESXi Authorization

This VT allows users to enter the information required to authorize and login into the ESXi SOAP API via HTTP. This information is used by tests that require authentication. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are...

ESXi 5.0 < Build 1918656 OpenSSL Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.0 prior to build 1918656. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL library : - An error exists in the function 'ssl3readbytes' that could allow data to be injected into other sessions or allow denial of service attacks. No...