VMware Security Updates for vCenter Server (VMSA-2014-0012)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 79865
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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote host has a virtualization management application installed that is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.Description
The VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is version 5.0 prior to Update 3c, 5.1 prior to Update 3, or 5.5 prior to Update 2.It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in third party libraries :
- Due to improper certificate validation when connecting to a CIM server on an ESXi host, an attacker can perform man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2014-8371)
- The bundled version of Oracle JRE is prior to 1.6.0_81 and thus is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that this only affects version 5.1 and 5.0 of vCenter but is only fixed in 5.1 Update 3.
Solution
Upgrade to VMware vCenter Server 5.5u2 (5.5.0 build-2001466) / 5.1u3 (5.1.0 build-2306353) / 5.0u3c (5.0.0 build-2210222) or later.See Also
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2014/000283.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 79865
File Name: vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2014-0012.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: remote
Family: Misc.
Published: 12/12/2014
Updated: 11/15/2018
Dependencies: vmware_vcenter_detect.nbin
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Critical
VPR Score: 6.7
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vcenter_server
Required KB Items: Host/VMware/vCenter, Host/VMware/version, Host/VMware/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0015, CVE-2014-0138, CVE-2014-0191, CVE-2014-2483, CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4208, CVE-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4220, CVE-2014-4221, CVE-2014-4223, CVE-2014-4227, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4247, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4262, CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4264, CVE-2014-4265, CVE-2014-4266, CVE-2014-4268, CVE-2014-8371
BID: 65270, 66457, 67233, 68562, 68571, 68576, 68580, 68583, 68590, 68596, 68599, 68603, 68608, 68612, 68615, 68620, 68624, 68626, 68632, 68636, 68639, 68642, 68645, 71493
VMSA: 2014-0012