ESXi 5.5 < Build 6480267 RPC NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0015) (remote check)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103375

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi 5.5 host is affected by an RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability.

Description

The version of the remote VMware ESXi 5.5 host is prior to build 6480267. It is, therefore, affected by a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability related to handling RPC requests that could allow an attacker to crash a virtual machine.

Solution

Apply patch ESXi550-201709101-SG according to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103375

File Name: vmware_esxi_5_5_build_6480267_remote.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/21/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-4925

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-4925

BID: 100842

VMSA: 2017-0015

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