ESXi 6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0008)(MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout)(Remote Check)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 125218
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Synopsis
The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security patch and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The remote VMware ESXi host is version 6.0, 6.5 or 6.7 and is missing a security patch. It is, therefore, missing microcode updates to address the following vulnerabilities:- Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS) (CVE-2018-12126)
- Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling (MLPDS) (CVE-2018-12127)
- Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS) (CVE-2018-12130)
- Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM) (CVE-2019-11091)
Note virtual machines must be configured with the 3D-acceleration enabled. VMware ESXi defaults to this feature not being enabled.
Solution
Apply the appropriate patch as referenced in the vendor advisory.See Also
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0008.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 125218
File Name: vmware_esxi_VMSA-2019-0008.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: remote
Family: Misc.
Published: 5/16/2019
Updated: 9/2/2020
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 3.5
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11091
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi
Required KB Items: Host/VMware/version, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/vsphere, Settings/ParanoidReport
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091
BID: 108330
VMSA: 2019-0008
IAVA: 2019-A-0167