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VMSA-2010-0013 : VMware ESX third-party updates for Service Console
high Nessus Plugin ID 49085
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Synopsis
The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
a. Service Console update for cpioThe service console package cpio is updated to version 2.5-6.RHEL3 for ESX 3.x versions and updated to version 2.6-23.el5_4.1 for ESX 4.x versions.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-4268 and CVE-2010-0624 to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 3.x and the names CVE-2007-4476 and CVE-2010-0624 to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 4.x.
b. Service Console update for tar
The service console package tar is updated to version 1.13.25-16.RHEL3 for ESX 3.x versions and updated to version 1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2 for ESX 4.x versions.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-0624 to the issue addressed in the update for ESX 3.x and the names CVE-2007-4476 and CVE-2010-0624 to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 4.x.
c. Service Console update for samba
The service console packages for samba are updated to version samba-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw, samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw and samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-2063 to the issue addressed in this update.
Note :
The issue mentioned above is present in the Samba server (smbd) and is not present in the Samba client or Samba common packages.
To determine if your system has Samba server installed do a 'rpm -q samba`.
The following lists when the Samba server is installed on the ESX service console :
- ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1 The Samba server is not present on ESX 4.0 and ESX 4.1.
- ESX 3.5 The Samba server is present if an earlier patch for Samba has been installed.
- ESX 3.0.3 The Samba server is present if ESX 3.0.3 was upgraded from an earlier version of ESX 3 and a Samba patch was installed on that version.
The Samba server is not needed to operate the service console and can be be disabled without loss of functionality to the service console.
d. Service Console update for krb5
The service console package krb5 is updated to version 1.2.7-72 for ESX 3.x versions and to version 1.6.1-36.el5_5.4 for ESX 4.x versions.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-1321 to the issue addressed in these updates.
e. Service Console update for perl
The service console package perl is updated to version 5.8.0-101.EL3 for ESX 3.x versions and version 5.8.8-32.el5_5.1 for ESX 4.x versions.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-1168 and CVE-2010-1447 to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 3.x and the names CVE-2008-5302, CVE-2008-5303, CVE-2010-1168, and CVE-2010-1447 to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 4.x.
Solution
Apply the missing patches.See Also
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000125.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 49085
File Name: vmware_VMSA-2010-0013.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Family: VMware ESX Local Security Checks
Published: 9/2/2010
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.5
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.3, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.0, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2005
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Samba chain_reply Memory Corruption (Linux x86))
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-4268, CVE-2007-4476, CVE-2008-5302, CVE-2008-5303, CVE-2010-0624, CVE-2010-1168, CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-1447, CVE-2010-2063