VMware vCenter Operations Management Bash Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0010) (Shellshock)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78889

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Synopsis

The remote host has a virtualization appliance installed that is affected by Shellshock.

Description

The version of VMware vCenter Operations Manager installed on the remote host is prior to 5.7.3 / 5.8.3. It is, therefore, affected by the environmental variable command injection vulnerability known as 'Shellshock'.

Solution

Apply the vendor supplied patches.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78889

File Name: vcenter_operations_manager_vmsa_2014-0010.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/6/2014

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7187

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vcenter_operations

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/VMware vCenter Operations Manager/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/28/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (CUPS Filter Bash Environment Variable Code Injection (Shellshock))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187

BID: 70103, 70137, 70152, 70154, 70165, 70166

CERT: 252743

IAVA: 2014-A-0142

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