| Description: | Summary:
VMware vSphere product updates address a Cross Site Scripting issue, a certificate validation
issue and security vulnerabilities in third-party libraries.
Vulnerability Insight:
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.
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.
c. Update to ESXi libxml2 package
libxml2 is updated to address multiple security issues.
d. Update to ESXi Curl package
Curl is updated to address multiple security issues.
e. Update to ESXi Python package
Python is updated to address multiple security issues.
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.
Affected Software/OS:
VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201412101-SG.
Solution:
Apply the missing patch(es).
CVSS Score:
6.4
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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