VMSA-2013-0011 : VMware ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol Unhandled Exception

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69550

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

a. VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Unhandled Exception

VMware ESXi and ESX contain a vulnerability in the handling of the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must intercept and modify the NFC traffic between ESXi/ESX and the client. Exploitation of the issue may lead to a Denial of Service.

To reduce the likelihood of exploitation, vSphere components should be deployed on an isolated management network

VMware would like to thank Alex Chapman of Context Information Security for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2013-1661 to this issue.

Solution

Apply the missing patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69550

File Name: vmware_VMSA-2013-0011.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: VMware ESX Local Security Checks

Published: 9/3/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.0, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.1, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:4.0, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:4.1, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.0, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1661

BID: 62077

VMSA: 2013-0011

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