VMware Aria Operations Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2024-0022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212134

Synopsis

VMware Aria Operations running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VMware Aria Operations running on the remote host is missing a vendor supplied patch. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations. (CVE-2024-38830)

- VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations. (CVE-2024-38831)

- VMware Aria Operations contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious actor with editing access to views may be able to inject malicious script leading to stored cross-site scripting in the product VMware Aria Operations. (CVE-2024-38832)

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

Solution

Upgrade VMware Aria Operations to the version outlined in the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea7c9215

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212134

File Name: vmware_aria_operations_VMSA-2024-0022.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/6/2024

Updated: 12/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38830

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38831

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vrealize_operations

Required KB Items: installed_sw/vRealize Operations Manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38830, CVE-2024-38831, CVE-2024-38832, CVE-2024-38833, CVE-2024-38834

IAVA: 2024-A-0768

VMSA: 2024-0022