9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.04 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%
a. ESXi update to third-party component libxml2
The libxml2 third-party library has been updated which addresses multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944, CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919 and CVE-2012-0841 to these issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2012-0012.
# The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(59966);
script_version("1.39");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4008", "CVE-2010-4494", "CVE-2011-0216", "CVE-2011-1944", "CVE-2011-2821", "CVE-2011-2834", "CVE-2011-3905", "CVE-2011-3919", "CVE-2012-0841", "CVE-2012-1666");
script_bugtraq_id(44779, 45617, 48056, 48832, 49279, 49658, 51084, 51300, 52107, 55421);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2012-0012");
script_name(english:"VMSA-2012-0012 : VMware ESXi update to third-party library");
script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patch");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security-related patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"a. ESXi update to third-party component libxml2
The libxml2 third-party library has been updated which addresses
multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the names CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944,
CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919 and CVE-2012-0841 to
these issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2012/000190.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:4.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/11/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/07/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/version");
script_require_ports("Host/VMware/esxupdate", "Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("vmware_esx_packages.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX / ESXi");
if (
!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs") &&
!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxupdate")
) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
init_esx_check(date:"2012-07-12");
flag = 0;
if (esx_check(ver:"ESX 5.0", vib:"VMware:esx-base:5.0.0-1.17.764879")) flag++;
if (
esx_check(
ver : "ESXi 4.0",
patch : "ESXi400-201209401-SG",
patch_updates : make_list("ESXi400-201302401-SG", "ESXi400-201305401-SG", "ESXi400-201310401-SG", "ESXi400-201404401-SG")
)
) flag++;
if (
esx_check(
ver : "ESXi 4.1",
patch : "ESXi410-201208101-SG",
patch_updates : make_list("ESXi410-201211401-SG", "ESXi410-201301401-SG", "ESXi410-201304401-SG", "ESXi410-201307401-SG", "ESXi410-201312401-SG", "ESXi410-201404401-SG", "ESXi410-Update03")
)
) flag++;
if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 5.0", vib:"VMware:esx-base:5.0.0-1.17.764879")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:esx_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4008
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4494
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0216
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1944
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2821
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2834
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3905
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3919
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0841
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1666
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2012/000190.html