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

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

VMware Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.4

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

9 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

VMware vSphere product updates address a Cross Site Scripting issue, a certificate validation issue and security vulnerabilities in third-party libraries.

Insight

Insight

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 while they are logged in into vCenter. b. vCenter Server certificate validation issue vCenter Server does not properly validate the presented certificate when establishing a connection to a CIM Server residing on an ESXi host. This may allow for a Man-in-the-middle attack against the CIM service. c. Update to ESXi libxml2 package libxml2 is updated to address multiple security issues. d. Update to ESXi Curl package Curl is updated to address multiple security issues. e. Update to ESXi Python package Python is updated to address multiple security issues. f. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.6 Update 81 Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in JRE 1.6.0 update 81 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of July 2014.

Affected Software

Affected Software

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Prior to Update 3 VMware vCenter Server 5.5 prior to Update 2 VMware vCenter Server 5.1 prior to Update 3 VMware vCenter Server 5.0 prior to Update 3c VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201412101-SG

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if the target host is missing one or more patch(es).

Solution

Solution

Apply the missing patch(es).