certfr_avis - certa-2010-avi-626

CERTA-2010-AVI-626

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité dans VMware ESXi permet à une personne malintentionnée de contourner la politique de sécurité.

Description

Une vulnérabilité dans l'installeur de mise à jour vers la verstion 4.1 de VMware ESXi ne gère pas correctement le mode d'authentification SFCB (Small Footprint CIM Broker). Cette vulnérabilité permet à une personne malintentionnée de s'authentifier à l'aide d'un couple nom d'utilisateur/mot de passe de son choix.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

VMware ESXi 4.1 Update Installer.

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2010-4573 (GCVE-0-2010-4573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2010-12-22 20:00

Modified

2024-08-07 03:51

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

The Update Installer in VMware ESXi 4.1, when a modified sfcb.cfg is present, does not properly configure the SFCB authentication mode, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via an arbitrary username and password.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515420/100/0/threaded	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://securitytracker.com/id?1024917	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45543	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000114.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3303	vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
	http://secunia.com/advisories/42591	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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