VMware Security Updates for vCenter Server (VMSA-2015-0001) (POODLE)

low Nessus Plugin ID 81146

Synopsis

The remote host has a virtualization management application installed that is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.

Description

The VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is version 5.5 prior to Update 2d. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the included OpenSSL library :

- An error exists related to DTLS SRTP extension handling and specially crafted handshake messages that can allow denial of service attacks via memory leaks.
(CVE-2014-3513)

- An error exists related to the way SSL 3.0 handles padding bytes when decrypting messages encrypted using block ciphers in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode.
Man-in-the-middle attackers can decrypt a selected byte of a cipher text in as few as 256 tries if they are able to force a victim application to repeatedly send the same data over newly created SSL 3.0 connections. This is also known as the 'POODLE' issue. (CVE-2014-3566)

- An error exists related to session ticket handling that can allow denial of service attacks via memory leaks.
(CVE-2014-3567)

- An error exists related to the build configuration process and the 'no-ssl3' build option that allows servers and clients to process insecure SSL 3.0 handshake messages. (CVE-2014-3568)

Solution

Upgrade to VMware vCenter Server 5.5u2d (5.5.0 build-2183111) or later.

See Also

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

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/10/14/poodle.html

https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/ssl-poodle.pdf

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tls-downgrade-scsv-00

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 81146

File Name: vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2015-0001.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/3/2015

Updated: 6/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3568

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3566

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vcenter_server

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3513, CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-3567, CVE-2014-3568

BID: 70574, 70584, 70585, 70586

CERT: 577193

VMSA: 2015-0001