VMSA-2009-0001 : ESX patches address an issue loading corrupt virtual disks and update Service Console packages

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40387

Synopsis

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

Description

a. Loading a corrupt delta disk may cause ESX to crash

If the VMDK delta disk of a snapshot is corrupt, an ESX host might crash when the corrupted disk is loaded. VMDK delta files exist for virtual machines with one or more snapshots. This change ensures that a corrupt VMDK delta file cannot be used to crash ESX hosts.

A corrupt VMDK delta disk, or virtual machine would have to be loaded by an administrator.

VMware would like to thank Craig Marshall for reporting this issue.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4914 to this issue.

b. Updated Service Console package net-snmp

Net-SNMP is an implementation of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is used by network management systems to monitor hosts.

A denial-of-service flaw was found in the way Net-SNMP processes SNMP GETBULK requests. A remote attacker who issued a specially- crafted request could cause the snmpd server to crash.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4309 to this issue.

c. Updated Service Console package libxml2

An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4226 to this issue.

A denial of service flaw was discovered in the libxml2 XML parser.
If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to enter an infinite loop.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4225 to this issue.

Solution

Apply the missing patches.

See Also

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000052.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40387

File Name: vmware_VMSA-2009-0001.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.2, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.3, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:3.5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4225, CVE-2008-4226, CVE-2008-4309, CVE-2008-4914

BID: 32020, 32326, 32331

CWE: 189, 20, 399

VMSA: 2009-0001