VMware ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7 DoS (VMSA-2018-0018) (remote check)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 134878

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security patch and is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, or 6.7 and is missing a security patch. It is, therefore, vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability exists in the RPC handler due to a NULL pointer dereference issue. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause VMs to stop responding.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch as referenced in the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 134878

File Name: vmware_esxi_VMSA-2018-0018.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/24/2020

Updated: 9/2/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6972

BID: 104884

VMSA: 2018-0018

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