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VMware ESXi 7.0 / 8.0 Out-of-Bounds read (CVE-2024-37086)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201125

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is affected by a out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware ESXi installed on the remote host is prior to 7.0 Update 3q or 8.0 prior to 8.0 Update 3. It is, therefore, affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability as referenced in the VMSA-2024-0013 advisory:

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3p, 8.0 Update 1d, or 8.0 Update 2b or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?04fbf245

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201125

File Name: vmware_esxi_vmsa-2024-0013_CVE-2024-37086.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/28/2024

Updated: 7/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi

Required KB Items: Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/vsphere

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37086

IAVA: 2024-A-0373

VMSA: 2024-0013