ESXi 6.0 < Build 5485776 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2017-0015) (remote check)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102698

Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi 6.0 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of the remote VMware ESXi 6.0 host is prior to build 5224529. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in VMWare Tools and the bundled OpenSSL and Python packages, as well as a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability related to handling RPC requests that could allow an attacker to crash a virtual machine.

Solution

Apply patch ESXi600-201706101-SG according to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?e03fa029

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102698

File Name: vmware_esxi_6_0_build_5485776_remote.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/20/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000110, CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-7055, CVE-2017-3730, CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2017-4925

BID: 94242, 95812, 95813, 95814, 100842

VMSA: 2017-0015