VMware Security Updates for vCenter Server (VMSA-2013-0006)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66274

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of VMware vCenter installed on the remote host is 5.1 prior to update 1. It therefore is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- When deployed in an environment that uses Active Directory with anonymous LDAP binding enabled, VMware vCenter doesn't properly handle login credentials.
(CVE-2013-3107)

- The bundled version of Oracle JRE is earlier than 1.6.0_37 and thus, is affected by multiple security issues.

- The bundled version of Apache Tomcat is affected by multiple issues. (CVE-2012-2733, CVE-2012-4534)

Solution

Upgrade to VMware vCenter 5.1 update 1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66274

File Name: vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2013-0006.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/30/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3107

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: 4/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2733, CVE-2012-4534, CVE-2013-3107

BID: 56813, 56402, 59508

VMSA: 2013-0006