ESXi 5.1 < Build 2323236 Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check) (BEAST)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79862

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi 5.1 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.1 prior to build 2323236. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities in bundled third-party libraries :

 - Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the bundled Python library. (CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2012-0845, CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2012-1150, CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2013-4238)

 - Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the bundled GNU C Library (glibc). (CVE-2013-0242, CVE-2013-1914, CVE-2013-4332)

 - Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the bundled XML Parser library (libxml2). (CVE-2013-2877, CVE-2014-0191)

 - Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the bundled cURL library (libcurl). (CVE-2014-0015, CVE-2014-0138)

Solution

Apply patch ESXi510-201412101-SG for ESXi 5.1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5994bfcf

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79862

File Name: vmware_esxi_5_1_build_2323236_remote.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/12/2014

Updated: 9/24/2019

Dependencies: vmware_vsphere_detect.nbin

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2012-0845, CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2012-1150, CVE-2013-0242, CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2013-1914, CVE-2013-2877, CVE-2013-4238, CVE-2013-4332, CVE-2014-0015, CVE-2014-0138, CVE-2014-0191

BID: 49778, 51239, 51996, 52379, 57638, 58839, 61050, 61738, 62324, 63804, 65270, 66457, 67233