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VMSA-2009-0017 VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address cross-site scripting issues
VMSA-2009-0017 VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address cross-site scripting issues



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                   VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID:       VMSA-2009-0017
Synopsis:          VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager
                   releases address cross-site scripting issues
Issue date:        2009-12-15
Updated on:        2009-12-15 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers:       CVE-2009-3731
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1. Summary

    VMware vCenter and ESX update releases address cross-site scripting
    issues in the Help functionality of WebAccess. A vCenter Lab Manager
    release addresses the same issues which are present in the online
    Help functionality of Lab Manager and Stage Manager.

2. Relevant releases

    ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-200911223-UG
    vCenter 4.0 GA
    VMware Server 2.0.2
    VMware Lab Manager 2.x
    VMware vCenter Lab Manager 3.x
    VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0
    VMware vCenter Stage Manager 1.x

3. Problem Description

 a. WebWorks Help - Cross-site scripting vulnerability

    WebWorks Help is an output format that allows online Help to be
    delivered on multiple platforms and browsers, which makes it easy
    to publish information on the Web or on an enterprise intranet.
    WebWorks Help is used for creating the online help pages that are
    available in VMware WebAccess, Lab Manager and Stage Manager.

    WebWorks Help doesn't sufficiently sanitize incoming requests which
    may result in cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in applications
    that are built with WebWorks Help.

    Exploitation of these vulnerabilities in VMware products requires
    tricking a user to click on a malicious link or to open a malicious
    web page while they are logged in into vCenter, ESX or VMware
    Server using WebAccess, or logged in into Stage Manager or Lab
    Manager.

    Successful exploitation can lead to theft of user credentials. These
    vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely only if the attacker has
    access to the Service Console network.

    Security best practices provided by VMware recommend that the
    Service Console be isolated from the VM network. Please see
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/726 for more 
    information on VMware security best practices.

    Client-side protection measures included with current browsers are not
    always able to prevent these attacks from being executed.

    VMware would like to thank Daniel Grzelak and Alex Kouzemtchenko of
stratsec (www.stratsec.net) for finding and reporting this issue. 
    VMware would also like to thank Ben Allums of WebWorks.com for working
    on the remediation of this issue with us.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
    assigned the name CVE-2009-3731 to this issue.

    The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
    (column 4) if a solution is available.

    VMware         Product   Running  Replace with/
    Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
    =============  ========  =======  ================    vCenter        4.0       Windows  Update 1
    VirtualCenter  2.5       Windows  not affected
    VirtualCenter  2.0.2     Windows  not affected

    Workstation    any       any      not affected

    Player         any       any      not affected

    Server         2.0.2     any      VMware KB 1016594
    Server         1.0       any      not affected

    ACE            any       any      not affected

    Fusion         any       any      not affected

    ESXi           any       ESXi     not affected

    ESX            4.0       ESX      ESX400-200911223-UG
    ESX            3.5       ESX      not affected
    ESX            3.0.3     ESX      not affected
    ESX            2.5.5     ESX      not affected

    vMA            4.0       RHEL5    not affected

    Lab Manager    any       any      Lab Manager 4.0.1

    Stage Manager  any       any      Lab Manager 4.0.1

   Note: The remediation provided by WebWorks.com is not applicable
         to VMware products.

4. Solution

   Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
   and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file.

   VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 1
   --------------------------------
   Version      4.0 Update 1
   Build Number 208156
   Release Date 2009/11/19
   Type         Product Binaries
http://downloads.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VC40U1 

   VMware vCenter Server 4 and modules
   File size: 1.8 GB
   File type: .iso
   MD5SUM: 057d55b32eb27fe5f3e01bc8d3df3bc5
   SHA1SUM: c90134418c2e4d3d6637d8bee44261300ad95ec1

   VMware vCenter Server 4 and modules
   File size: 1.5 GB
   File type: .zip
   MD5SUM: f843d9c19795eb3bc5a77f5c545468a8
   SHA1SUM: 9a7abd8e70bd983151e2ee40e1b3931525c4480c

   VMware vSphere Client and Host Update Utility
   File size: 113.8 MB
   File type: .exe
   MD5SUM: 6cc6b2c958e7e9529c284e48dfae22a9
   SHA1SUM: f4c19c63a75d93cffc57b170066358160788c959

   VMware vCenter Converter BootCD
   File size: 98.8 MB
   File type: .zip
   MD5SUM: 3df94eb0e93de76b0389132ada2a3799
   SHA1SUM: 5d7c04e4f9f8ae25adc8de5963fefd8a4c92464c

   VMware vCenter Converter CLI (Linux)
   File size: 36.9 MB
   File type: .tar.gz
   MD5SUM: 3766097563936ba5e03e87e898f6bd48
   SHA1SUM: 36d485bdb5eb279296ce8c8523df04bfb12a2cb4
 
   ESX 4.0
   -------
   ESX400-200911223-UG (Update 1a)
 
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-166-20091202-254
879/ESX-4.0.0-update01a.zip
   md5sum: 99c1fcafbf0ca105ce73840d686e9914
   sha1sum: aa8a23416271bc28b6b8f6bdbe00045e36314ebb
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014842 

   To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option.
   esxupdate --bundle=ESX-4.0.0-update01.zip -b ESX400-200911223-UG

   VMware Server 2.0.2
   -------------------
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016594 

   Stage Manager
   -------------
http://www.vmware.com/products/sm/faq.html 

   Lab Manager 4.0.1
   -----------------
http://downloads.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VLM401 
   md5sum: b4d8f5637eaea59f028eafe62d0366ab
   sha1sum: a437726b45dce0a72fb5cbd3996a6d6f84e6c8df
 
http://www.vmware.com/support/labmanager40/doc/releasenotes_labmanager401.h 
tml

5. References

http://www.webworks.com/Security/2009-0001 

   CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3731 

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6. Change log

2009-12-15  VMSA-2009-0017
Initial security advisory after publication of information by third
party vendor, WebWorks.com, on 2009-12-15.

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7. Contact

E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce 

This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

  * security-announce at lists.vmware.com
  * bugtraq at securityfocus.com
  * full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk

E-mail:  security at vmware.com
PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055 

VMware Security Center
http://www.vmware.com/security 

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Copyright 2009 VMware Inc.  All rights reserved.


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