-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ---------------------------- Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/download-vsphere ESXi 5.1 ---------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 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