Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The version of VMware vCenter Server Appliance installed on the remote host is 5.1 prior to Update 3. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote attacker can exploit this by means of a specially crafted URL or malicious web page, which can result in the execution of arbitrary script code.

a. VMware vCSA cross-site scripting vulnerability

   VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) contains a vulnerability    that may allow for Cross Site Scripting. Exploitation of this    vulnerability in vCenter Server requires tricking a user to click    on a malicious link or to open a malicious web page. 

   VMware would like to thank Tanya Secker of Trustwave SpiderLabs for    reporting this issue to us. 

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2014-3797 to this issue. 

b. vCenter Server certificate validation issue

   vCenter Server does not properly validate the presented certificate    when establishing a connection to a CIM Server residing on an ESXi    host. This may allow for a Man-in-the-middle attack against the CIM    service.

   VMware would like to thank The Google Security Team for reporting    this issue to us.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-8371 to this issue. 

  c. Update to ESXi libxml2 package

  libxml2 is updated to address multiple security issues. 

  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project   (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-2877 and   CVE-2014-0191 to these issues. 

  d. Update to ESXi Curl package

  Curl is updated to address multiple security issues. 

  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project   (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2014-0015 and   CVE-2014-0138 to these issues. 

  e. Update to ESXi Python package

  Python is updated to address multiple security issues. 

  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project   (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-1752 and   CVE-2013-4238 to these issues. 

  f. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.6 Update 81

  Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in   JRE 1.6.0 update 81 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update   Advisory of July 2014. The References section provides a link to   this advisory.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
79863	VMware vCenter Server Appliance Unspecified XSS (VMSA-2014-0012)	Nessus	Misc.	medium
79762	VMSA-2014-0012 : VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2014-3797

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Tenable Plugins

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