VMware vCenter Support Assistant Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0006)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76994

Synopsis

The remote host has a support tool installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VMware vCenter Support Assistant installed on the remote host is 5.5.1.x prior to 5.5.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the bundled OpenSSL library :

- An error exists in the function 'ssl3_read_bytes' that could allow data to be injected into other sessions or allow denial of service attacks. Note this issue is only exploitable if 'SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS' is enabled. (CVE-2010-5298)

- A buffer overflow error exists related to invalid DTLS fragment handling that could lead to execution of arbitrary code. Note this issue only affects OpenSSL when used as a DTLS client or server. (CVE-2014-0195)

- An error exists in the function 'do_ssl3_write' that could allow a NULL pointer to be dereferenced leading to denial of service attacks. Note this issue is exploitable only if 'SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS' is enabled. (CVE-2014-0198)

- An error exists related to DTLS handshake handling that could lead to denial of service attacks. Note this issue only affects OpenSSL when used as a DTLS client.
(CVE-2014-0221)

- An unspecified error exists that could allow an attacker to cause usage of weak keying material leading to simplified man-in-the-middle attacks.
(CVE-2014-0224)

- An unspecified error exists related to anonymous ECDH cipher suites that could allow denial of service attacks. Note this issue only affects OpenSSL TLS clients. (CVE-2014-3470)

Solution

Upgrade to VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.5.1.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0006.html

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20140605.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76994

File Name: vmware_vcenter_support_assistant_2014-0006.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/4/2014

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0195

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/VMware vCenter Support Assistant/Version, Host/VMware vCenter Support Assistant/Build

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-5298, CVE-2014-0195, CVE-2014-0198, CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-3470

BID: 66801, 67193, 67898, 67899, 67900, 67901

CERT: 978508

VMSA: 2014-0006