Summary
The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0006.
Summary
VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues.
Relevant releases
ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201101201-SG
ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201203401-SG
ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-201203401-I-SG
ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201101201-SG
ESX 4.0 without patches ESX400-201203401-SG, ESX400-201203407-SG ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203401-SG
Problem Description
a. VMware ROM Overwrite Privilege Escalation
A flaw in the way port-based I/O is handled allows for modifying Read-Only Memory that belongs to the Virtual DOS Machine. Exploitation of this issue may lead to privilege escalation on Guest Operating Systems that run Windows 2000, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Server 2003 32-bit or Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit.
b. ESX third party update for Service Console kernel
The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) kernel is updated to kernel-400.2.6.18-238.4.11.591731 to fix multiple security issues in the COS kernel.
c. ESX third party update for Service Console krb5 RPM
This patch updates the krb5-libs and krb5-workstation RPMs to version 1.6.1-63.el5_7 to resolve a security issue.
Solution
Apply the missing patch(es).
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2482, CVE-2011-3191, CVE-2011-4348, CVE-2011-4862, CVE-2012-1515 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities
- VMSA-2012-0012 VMware ESXi update addresses several security issues.
- VMSA-2011-0004.3 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm.
- VMSA-2012-0005 VMware vCenter Server, Orchestrator, Update Manager, vShield, vSphere Client, ESXi and ESX address several security issues
- VMSA-2015-0001: VMware vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address security issues
- VMSA-2010-0009: ESXi utilities and ESX Service Console third party updates