ESXi 5.1 < Build 1743201 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81084

Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi 5.1 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.1 prior to build 1743201. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A flaw exists in the monlist feature in NTP. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw, using a specially crafted packet to load the query function in monlist, to conduct a distributed denial of service attack.
(CVE-2013-5211)

- An unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability exists that allows an attacker to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service condition by modifying a configuration file. (CVE-2014-8370)

- A flaw exists in the VMware Authorization process (vmware-authd) due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2015-1044)

Solution

Apply patch ESXi510-201404001 for ESXi 5.1.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0002.html

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?857fe9d2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81084

File Name: vmware_esxi_5_1_build_1743201_remote.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/29/2015

Updated: 9/24/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi, cpe:/a:ntp:ntp

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5211, CVE-2014-8370, CVE-2015-1044

BID: 64692, 72336, 72338