VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x < 5.5U3g / 6.0.x < 6.0U3d / 6.5.x < 6.5U1e Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Remediation (VMSA-2018-0004) (Spectre)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105784

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security patch which enables hardware support for branch target mitigation.

Description

The version of VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is 5.5.x prior to 5.5U3g, 6.0.x prior to 6.0U3d, or 6.5.x prior to 6.5U1e. It is, therefore, missing security updates that add hypervisor-assisted guest remediation for a speculative execution vulnerability (CVE-2017-5715).

Solution

Upgrade to VMware vCenter Server version 5.5.U3g (5.5.0 build-7460778) / 6.0U3d (6.0.0 build-7464194) / 6.5U1e (6.5.0 build-7515524) or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105784

File Name: vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2018-0004.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/12/2018

Updated: 7/11/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vcenter_server

Required KB Items: Host/VMware/vCenter, Host/VMware/version, Host/VMware/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5715

BID: 102376

IAVA: 2018-A-0020

VMSA: 2018-0004

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