Summary
The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2011-0013.2.
Summary
Updates for vCenter Server 4.1, vSphere Update Manager 4.1, vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 4.1 and ESX 4.x addresses several security issues.
Relevant releases
vCenter Server 4.1 without Update 2
vCenter Server 4.0 without Update 4
vSphere Update Manager 4.1 without Update 2
vSphere Update Manager 4.0 without Update 4
ESXi 4.1 without patch ESX410-201110201-SG.
ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201110201-SG,
ESX410-201110204-SG, ESX410-201110206-SG,ESX410-201110214-SG.
ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201111201-SG.
Problem Description
ESX third party update for Service Console openssl RPM
a. The Service Console openssl RPM is updated to openssl-0.9.8e.12.el5_5.7 resolving two security issues.
b. ESX third party update for Service Console libuser RPM
The Service Console libuser RPM is updated to version 0.54.7-2.1.el5_5.2 to resolve a security issue.
c. ESX third party update for Service Console nss and nspr RPMs
The Service Console Network Security Services (NSS) and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries are updated to nspr-4.8.6-1 and nss-3.12.8-4 resolving multiple security issues.
d. vCenter Server and ESX, Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.6.0_24
Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_24, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE.
e. vSphere Update Manager Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.5.0_30
Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.5.0_30, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE.
f. Integer overflow in VMware third party component sfcb
This release resolves an integer overflow issue present in the third party library SFCB when the httpMaxContentLength has been changed from its default value to 0 in in /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg. The integer overflow could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header.
Solution
Apply the missing patch(es).
See Also:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0013.html
Severity
Classification
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CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities
- VMSA-2013-0003 VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues.
- VMSA-2012-0007 VMware hosted products and ESX patches address privilege escalation
- VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues
- VMSA-2012-0013 VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries.
- VMSA-2014-0008: VMware vSphere product updates to third party libraries