VMSA-2012-0016:VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console

VMSA-2012-0016 VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0016 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console VMware Security Advisory Issue date:...

Monitoring vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 with Veeam MP/SPI 5.7

Challenge If you connect to vCenter Server 5.1 or 5.5, Veeam MP/SPI 5.7 will not collect some data, including hardware sensor metrics and vCenter-specific events and properties that were introduced by VMware since VMware vSphere 4.0. vCenter events and properties that were introduced before VMwar...

"VM MAC address conflict" and "VM instance UUID conflict" alarms

Challenge During replication jobs, Veeam ONE triggers the VM MAC address conflict and VM instance UUID conflict alarms. Cause These alarms occur when Veeam ONE detects the following events within the vSphere Environment: VmStaticMacConflictEvent VmMacConflictEvent VmInstanceUuidConflictEvent Thes...

Failed to parse "-quiescedsnap"

Challenge After you upgrade to VMware vSphere 4.1 Update 3, a new line is added to virtual machine configuration files .vmx. The line makes the VM configuration files invalid. As a result, Veeam Backup & Replication jobs fail. Solution The issue has been resolved in build 6.1.0.205. For details,...

VMSA-2012-0013 VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries.

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0013. Summary VMware has updated several third party libraries in vSphere and vcOps to address multiple security vulnerabilities. Relevant releases VMware vCenter 4.1 without Update 3 VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.1...

VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party libraries

a. vCenter and ESX update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 31 The Oracle Sun JRE is updated to version 1.6.031, which addresses multiple security issues. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed by this update in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of February 2012. b. vCente...

VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries

a. vCenter and ESX update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 31The Oracle Sun JRE is updated to version 1.6.031, which addresses multiple security issues. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed by this update in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of February 2012.Column 4 of...

VMSA-2012-0013:VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries

VMSA-2012-0013.2 VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0013.2 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries VMware Security Advisory Issue date: 2012-08-30...

Incorrect hardware status returned from vCenter 5 when collected through vSphere API

Challenge When nworks uses "Refresh Hardware" calls, hardware status is not updated on vSphere 5 Cause vSphere 5 does not update the hardware status data available through API - this can be verified in vSphere Managed Objects Browser, which shows an outdated status, while the host MOB will show t...

Performance Charts for vSphere Environment Display "No data available"

Challenge Veeam ONE Client shows the "No data available" message on performance charts for different metrics: Cause Here are the most common reasons for missing data on the performance charts: The Veeam ONE service account does not have Write access to the "PerfСache" folder. The account used by...

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error when connecting a VMware vSphere 5 server

Challenge When you connect a VMware vSphere 5 server in the Connected VMware Servers section of the nworks Enterprise Manager Web UI, the following error occurs: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Cause Support of VMware vSphere 5 was introduced in nworks 5.7. Earlier versions o...

VMWare Source Code leaked by Anonymous Hackers

VMware on Tuesday announced that a single file from its ESX server hypervisor source code has been posted online, and it held out the possibility that more proprietary files could be leaked in the future. "The fact that the source code may have been publicly shared does not necessarily mean that...

VMSA-20120005 VMware vCenter Server, Orchestrator, Update Manager, vShield, vSphere Client, ESXi and ESX address several security issues

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0005 Synopsis: VMware vCenter Server, Orchestrator, Update Manager, vShield, vSphere Client, ESXi and ESX address several security...

CVE-2012-1512

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the internal browser in vSphere Client in VMware vSphere 4.1 before Update 2 and 5.0 before Update 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted log-file entry...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the internal browser in vSphere Client in VMware vSphere 4.1 before Update 2 and 5.0 before Update 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted log-file entry...

CVE-2012-1512

CVE-2012-1512 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the vSphere Client’s internal browser. The issue arises from the client’s handling of log-file entries, where unsanitized input can execute arbitrary script/HTML when a malicious log file is opened. VMware’s advisory VMSA-2012-0005 de...

CVE-2012-1512

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the internal browser in vSphere Client in VMware vSphere 4.1 before Update 2 and 5.0 before Update 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted log-file entry...

VMSA-2011-0003.2 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2011-0003.2. Summary Update 1 for vCenter Server 4.x, vCenter Update Manager 4.x, vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 4.1, ESXi 4.1, addresses several security issues. Relevant releases vCenter Server 4.1 without Update 1, vCenter Serv...

VMSA-2011-0013.2 VMware third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vSphere Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2011-0013.2. Summary Updates for vCenter Server 4.1, vSphere Update Manager 4.1, vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.x addresses several security issues. Relevant releases vCenter Server 4.1 without Update 2 vCenter Serve...

VMware ESXi/ESX third party component updates (VMSA-2011-0013.2)

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2011-0013.2. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...