VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.6.x / 8.8.x / 8.10 / 8.10.2 Command Injection (VMSA-2023-0007)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174924

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Synopsis

A log management application running on the remote host is affected a command injection vulnerability.

Description

The VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly VMware vRealize Log Insight) application running on the remote host is affected by a command injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in VMware Aria Operations for Logs can execute arbitrary commands as root.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Aria Operations for Logs version 8.12 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174924

File Name: vmware_vrealize_log_insight_vmsa-2023-0007_cve-2023-20865.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/28/2023

Updated: 11/1/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight, x-cpe:/a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs

Required KB Items: installed_sw/VMware vRealize Log Insight

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20865

IAVA: 2023-A-0220-S

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