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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0012
Synopsis: VMware vSphere product updates address security
vulnerabilities
Issue date: 2014-12-04
Updated on: 2014-12-04 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number: CVE-2014-3797, CVE-2014-8371, CVE-2013-2877, CVE-2014-0191,
CVE-2014-0015, CVE-2014-0138, CVE-2013-1752 and
CVE-2013-4238
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1. Summary
VMware vSphere product updates address a Cross Site Scripting issue,
a certificate validation issue and security vulnerabilities in
third-party libraries.
2. Relevant releases
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Prior to Update 3
VMware vCenter Server 5.5 prior to Update 2
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 prior to Update 3
VMware vCenter Server 5.0 prior to Update 3c
VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201412101-SG
3. Problem Description
a. VMware vCSA cross-site scripting vulnerability
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) contains a vulnerability
that may allow for Cross Site Scripting. Exploitation of this
vulnerability in vCenter Server requires tricking a user to click
on a malicious link or to open a malicious web page while they are
logged in into vCenter.
VMware would like to thank Tanya Secker of Trustwave SpiderLabs for
reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2014-3797 to this issue.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======= ======= =================
vCSA 5.5 any Not Affected
vCSA 5.1 any 5.1 Update 3
vCSA 5.0 any Not Affected
b. vCenter Server certificate validation issue
vCenter Server does not properly validate the presented certificate
when establishing a connection to a CIM Server residing on an ESXi
host. This may allow for a Man-in-the-middle attack against the CIM
service.
VMware would like to thank The Google Security Team for reporting
this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-8371 to this issue.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======= ======= ==============
vCenter Server 5.5 any 5.5 Update 2
vCenter Server 5.1 any 5.1 Update 3
vCenter Server 5.0 any 5.0 Update 3c
c. Update to ESXi libxml2 package
libxml2 is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-2877 and
CVE-2014-0191 to these issues.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======= ======= =================
ESXi 5.5 any Patch Pending
ESXi 5.1 any ESXi510-201412101-SG
ESXi 5.0 any No patch planned
d. Update to ESXi Curl package
Curl is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2014-0015 and
CVE-2014-0138 to these issues.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
========= ======= ======= =================
ESXi 5.5 any Patch Pending
ESXi 5.1 any ESXi510-201412101-SG
ESXi 5.0 any No patch planned
e. Update to ESXi Python package
Python is updated to address multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-1752 and
CVE-2013-4238 to these issues.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======= ======= =================
ESXi 5.5 any Patch Pending
ESXi 5.1 any ESXi510-201412101-SG
ESXi 5.0 any Patch Pending
f. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.6 Update 81
Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in
JRE 1.6.0 update 81 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update
Advisory of July 2014. The References section provides a link to
this advisory.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======= ======= =================
vCenter Server 5.5 any not applicable *
vCenter Server 5.1 any 5.1 Update 3
vCenter Server 5.0 any patch pending
vCenter Update Manager 5.5 any not applicable *
vCenter Update Manager 5.1 any 5.1 Update 3
vCenter Update Manager 5.0 any patch pending
* this product uses the Oracle JRE 1.7.0 family
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
vCSA 5.1 Update 3, vCenter Server 5.1 Update 3 and Update Manager 5.1
Update 3
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Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/download-vsphere
ESXi 5.1
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File: update-from-esxi5.1-5.1_update03.zip.zip
md5sum: b3fd3549b59c6c59c04bfd09b08c6edf
sha1sum: 02139101fe205894774caac02820f6ea8416fb8b
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2086288
update-from-esxi5.1-5.1_update03 contains ESXi510-201412101-SG
5. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3797
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8371
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2877
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0191
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0015
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0138
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1752
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4238
JRE
Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of July 2014
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-
1972956.html
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6. Change log
2014-12-04 VMSA-2014-0012
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware
vCSA 5.1 Update 3, vCenter Server 5.1 Update 3 and ESXi 5.1 Patches
released on 2014-12-04.
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