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VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party libraries

critical Nessus Plugin ID 61747

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

a. vCenter and ESX update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 31

 The Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_31, which addresses multiple security issues. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed by this update in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of February 2012.

b. vCenter Update Manager update to JRE 1.5.0 Update 36

 The Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to 1.5.0_36 to address multiple security issues. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in JRE 1.5.0_36 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory for June 2012.

c. Update to ESX/ESXi userworld OpenSSL library

 The ESX/ESXi userworld OpenSSL library is updated from version 0.9.8p to version 0.9.8t to resolve multiple security issues.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2010-4252, CVE-2011-0014, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2011-4109, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4619, and CVE-2012-0050 to these issues.

d. Update to ESX service console OpenSSL RPM

 The service console OpenSSL RPM is updated to version 0.9.8e-22.el5_8.3 to resolve a security issue.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2110 to this issue.

e. Update to ESX service console kernel

 The ESX service console kernel is updated to resolve multiple security issues.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2011-1833, CVE-2011-2484, CVE-2011-2496, CVE-2011-3188, CVE-2011-3209, CVE-2011-3363, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-1020, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4324, CVE-2011-4325, CVE-2012-0207, CVE-2011-2699, and CVE-2012-1583 to these issues.

f. Update to ESX service console Perl RPM

 The ESX service console Perl RPM is updated to perl-5.8.8.32.1.8999.vmw to resolve multiple security issues.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-2761, CVE-2010-4410, and CVE-2011-3597 to these issues.

g. Update to ESX service console libxml2 RPMs

 The ESX service console libmxl2 RPMs are updated to libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 and libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 to resolve a security issue.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-0841 to this issue.

h. Update to ESX service console glibc RPM

 The ESX service console glibc RPM is updated to version glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.1 to resolve multiple security issues.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2009-5029, CVE-2009-5064, CVE-2010-0830, CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-4609, and CVE-2012-0864 to these issue.

i. Update to ESX service console GnuTLS RPM

 The ESX service console GnuTLS RPM is updated to version 1.4.1-7.el5_8.2 to resolve multiple security issues.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2011-4128, CVE-2012-1569, and CVE-2012-1573 to these issues.

j. Update to ESX service console popt, rpm, rpm-libs, and rpm-python RPMS

 The ESX service console popt, rpm, rpm-libs, and rpm-python RPMS are updated to the following versions to resolve multiple security issues :
 - popt-1.10.2.3-28.el5_8
 - rpm-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8
 - rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8
 - rpm-python-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061, and CVE-2012-0815 to these issues.

k. Vulnerability in third-party Apache Struts component

 The version of Apache Struts in vCenter Operations has been updated to 2.3.4 which addresses an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to create a denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files without authentication. The attacker would need to be on the same network as the system where vCOps is installed.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-0393 to this issue.

 Note: Apache struts 2.3.4 addresses the following issues as well :
 CVE-2011-5057, CVE-2012-0391, CVE-2012-0392, CVE-2012-0394. It was found that these do not affect vCOps.

 VMware would like to thank Alexander Minozhenko from ERPScan for reporting this issue to us.

Solution

Apply the missing patches.

See Also

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2012/000197.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 61747

File Name: vmware_VMSA-2012-0013.nasl

Version: 1.57

Type: local

Published: 8/31/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.0, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.1, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:4.1, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Java Applet Field Bytecode Verifier Cache Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5029, CVE-2009-5064, CVE-2010-0830, CVE-2010-2761, CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2010-4252, CVE-2010-4410, CVE-2011-0014, CVE-2011-1020, CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-1833, CVE-2011-2484, CVE-2011-2496, CVE-2011-2699, CVE-2011-3188, CVE-2011-3209, CVE-2011-3363, CVE-2011-3597, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2011-4109, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4128, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4324, CVE-2011-4325, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4609, CVE-2011-4619, CVE-2012-0050, CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061, CVE-2012-0207, CVE-2012-0393, CVE-2012-0815, CVE-2012-0841, CVE-2012-0864, CVE-2012-1569, CVE-2012-1573, CVE-2012-1583, CVE-2012-2110

BID: 50755, 50798, 50898, 51194, 51257, 51281, 51343, 51366, 51439, 51467, 51563, 52009, 52010, 52011, 52012, 52013, 52014, 52015, 52016, 52017, 52018, 52019, 52020, 52107, 52161, 53950, 53951, 53952, 53953, 53954, 53956, 53958, 53959, 53960, 40063, 44199, 45145, 45163, 45164, 46264, 46567, 46740, 47321, 48383, 48802, 49108, 49289, 49626, 49911, 50311, 50609, 50663, 52201, 52667, 52668, 52865, 53136, 53139, 53158, 53946, 53947, 53948, 53949

VMSA: 2012-0013