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Nutanix AHV : (NXSA-AHV-20220304.511)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212408

Synopsis

The Nutanix AHV host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to 20220304.511. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-20220304.511 advisory.

 - ICMP information such as (1) netmask and (2) timestamp is allowed from arbitrary hosts. (CVE-1999-0524)

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

Solution

Update the Nutanix AHV software to recommended version.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?195272a9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212408

File Name: nutanix_NXSA-AHV-20220304_511.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/11/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-1999-0524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Threat Score: 2.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:nutanix:ahv

Required KB Items: Host/Nutanix/Data/Node/Version, Host/Nutanix/Data/Node/Type

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/1997

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0524