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

VMSA-2014-0012.1 VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0012.1 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities VMware Security Advisory Issue date:...

VMware vSphere Replication Bash Environment Variable Command Injection Vulnerability (VMSA-2014-0010) (Shellshock)

The VMware vSphere Replication installed on the remote host is version 5.1.x prior to 5.1.2.2, 5.5.x prior to 5.5.1.3, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.0.2, or 5.8.x prior to 5.8.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a command injection vulnerability in GNU Bash known as Shellshock, which is due to the processing...

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...

VMSA-2014-0011:VMware vSphere Data Protection product update addresses a CRITICAL information disclosure vulnerability.

VMSA-2014-0011 VMware vSphere Data Protection product update addresses a critical information disclosure vulnerability. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0011 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vSphere Data Protection product update addresses a critic...

VMware vSphere Replication Multiple OpenSSL Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0006)

The VMware vSphere Replication installed on the remote host is version 5.5.x prior to 5.5.1.1, or else it is version 5.6.x. It is, therefore, affected by the following OpenSSL related vulnerabilities : - An error exists in the function 'ssl3readbytes' that could allow data to be injected into oth...

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...

VMSA-2014-0008 : VMware vSphere product updates to third-party libraries

a. vCenter Server Apache Struts Update The Apache Struts library is updated to address a security issue. This issue may lead to remote code execution after authentication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-0114 to this issue. b...

VMware vSphere product updates to third party libraries

a. vCenter Server Apache Struts Update The Apache Struts library is updated to address a security issue.This issue may lead to remote code execution after authentication.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-0114 to this issue.Column 4...

VMSA-2014-0008:VMware vSphere product updates to third party libraries

VMSA-2014-0008.2 VMware vSphere product updates to third party libraries VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0008.2 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vSphere product updates to third party libraries VMware Security Advisory Issue date: 2014-09-09 VMwar...

Monitoring of vSphere 4.x fails with Veeam MP v7

Challenge Though everything is configured correctly and you have successfully added vCenter 4.x or standalone ESX 4.x to Veeam Extensions as a Monitoring target, no data is shown in SCOM and you can see "Veeam VMware Collector: VMware connection is unavailable" alerts . Additionally, the followin...

Storage vMotion of Instant Recovery fails with “The method is disabled by ‘’”

Challenge When attempting to migrate an Instant Recovery VM to a production datastore using VMware Storage vMotion, the following error occurs: The method is disabled by 'vm-' Call 'VirtualMachine.Relocate' for object 'vmname' on vCenter Server 'vCenterName' failed. Solution To correct this issue...

Using the vSphere MOB (Managed Object Browser) to Troubleshoot Snapshot Creation

Purpose This article documents the procedure for manually creating a vSphere VM snapshot using the Managed Object Browser MOB. Solution Start by identifying the Managed Object Reference-ID MORef-ID of the VM for which the snapshot will be created. If the VM is being protected by Veeam Backup &...

VMware vSphere Client Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0006)

The version of vSphere Client installed on the remote Windows host is is 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. Note this issu...

"Virtual machine has ‘X’ megabytes of memory which is larger than the maximum ‘X’ megabytes supported by the datastore.”

Challenge Error "Virtual-machine-has-X-megabytes-of-memory-which-is-larger-than-the-maximum-X-megabytes-supported-by-the-datastore" can occur with Other OS FLR, Instant Recovery, or SureBackup. Cause Assuming the VeeamBackup datastore is present and not being used the first troubleshooting step f...

Locations to Check for Incorrect Username/Password Issues

Challenge Jobs fail with an error message indicating an incorrect user name or password. An account associated with Veeam is being locked out in Active Directory. Solution Below are the locations where accounts are configured within Veeam Backup & Replication and Backup Enterprise Manager...

Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 Patch 4

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication Patch 4 Release Notes Cause Please confirm you are running version 7.0.0.690, 7.0.0.715, 7.0.0.764, 7.0.0.771, 7.0.0.833, 7.0.0.83...

CVE-2014-3790

Ruby vSphere Console RVC in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail...

Design/Logic Flaw

Ruby vSphere Console RVC in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail...

CVE-2014-3790

The CVE-2014-3790 entry concerns VMware vCenter Server Appliance's Ruby vSphere Console (RVC). The vulnerability arises from escaping the chroot jail, enabling remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root. Documents consistently describe a privilege-escalation path via RVC tha...

CVE-2014-3790: Undefined Security Weakness

Ruby vSphere Console RVC in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail...