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VMSA-2008-0017 : Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff
critical Nessus Plugin ID 40384
Synopsis
The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch.Description
a. Updated ESX Service Console package libxml2A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processes certain content. If an application that is linked against libxml2 processes malformed XML content, the XML content might cause the application to stop responding.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-3281 to this issue.
Additionally the following was also fixed, but was missing in the security advisory.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 handled long XML entity names. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-3529 to this issue.
b. Updated ESX Service Console package ucd-snmp
A flaw was found in the way ucd-snmp checks an SNMPv3 packet's Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code. An attacker could use this flaw to spoof an authenticated SNMPv3 packet.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-0960 to this issue.
c. Updated third-party library libtiff
Multiple uses of uninitialized values were discovered in libtiff's Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) compression algorithm decoder. An attacker could create a carefully crafted LZW-encoded TIFF file that would cause an application linked with libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-2327 to this issue.
Solution
Apply the missing patch.See Also
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000047.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 40384
File Name: vmware_VMSA-2008-0017.nasl
Version: 1.30
Type: local
Family: VMware ESX Local Security Checks
Published: 7/27/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.4, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.2, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2008
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0960, CVE-2008-2327, CVE-2008-3281, CVE-2008-3529