NEW VMSA-2013-0011 VMware ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol Unhandled Exception

[VMware Security Team <security () vmware com>]

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VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2013-0011
Synopsis:    VMware ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol Unhandled
            Exception
Issue date:  2013-08-29
Updated on:  2013-08-29 (initial advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2013-1661

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1. Summary

  VMware has updated VMware ESXi and ESX to address a vulnerability in
  an unhandled exception in the NFC protocol handler.

2. Relevant releases

     VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201307101
     VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201308101
     VMware ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201304401
     VMware ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201305401

     VMware ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201304401
     VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201305401
   
3. Problem Description

  a. VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Unhandled Exception  

     VMware ESXi and ESX contain a vulnerability in the handling of
     the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol. To exploit this
     vulnerability, an attacker must intercept and modify the NFC
     traffic between ESXi/ESX and the client.  Exploitation of the
     issue may lead to a Denial of Service.

     To reduce the likelihood of exploitation, vSphere components should
     be deployed on an isolated management network

     VMware would like to thank Alex Chapman of Context Information
     Security for reporting this issue to us.

     The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
     has assigned the name CVE-2013-1661 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    any    any    not affected

     hosted*        any    any    not affected

     ESXi        5.1    ESXi    ESXi510-201307101-SG
     ESXi        5.0    ESXi    ESXi500-201308101-SG
     ESXi        4.1    ESXi    ESXi410-201304401-SG
     ESXi        4.0    ESXi    ESXi400-201305401-SG

     ESX        4.1    ESX    ESX410-201304401-SG
     ESX        4.0    ESX    ESX400-201305401-SG

     * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.  

4. Solution

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

     ESXi and ESX
     ------------
     https://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal

     ESXi 5.1
     --------
     File: ESXi510-201307001.zip
     md5sum: 24065646806665d176a373bf9a861f98
     sha1sum: c07a9361df8d9adcd2ff1f8e949d41fbeb091f0f
     http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2052151
     ESXi510-201307001 contains ESXi510-201307101-SG

     ESXi 5.0
     ------------------
     File: ESXi500-201308001.zip
     md5sum: 90d20a6921f35ededfc5021afeedc63f
     sha1sum:e739a671ab0bc9820fef90dc7ca4445eeb6a056d
     http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2053139
     ESXi500-201308001 contains ESXi500-201308101-SG

     ESXi 4.1
     ------------------
     File: ESXi410-201304001.zip
     md5sum: 9ce63bcacb3412fc1c8a6a8c47ac6af6
     sha1sum: 241603ef6b856e573a62fe27da039c8fffe54b1d
     http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2045255
     ESXi410-201304001 contains ESXi410-201304401-SG

     ESXi 4.0
     ------------------
     File: ESXi400-201305001.zip
     md5sum: 065d3fa4b0f52dd38c2bd92e5bfc5580
     sha1sum: 1f3cab25a144746372d86071a47e569c439e276a
     http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2044246
     ESXi400-201305001 contains ESXi400-201305401-SG

     ESX 4.1
     --------
     File: ESX410-201304001.zip
     md5sum: df9ef1d25f383a12d2fbc47cdc5f55d2
     sha1sum: e49068da7cf7e0ada57c4604cbc9ba253c03e3a0
     http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2045251
     ESX410-201304001 contains ESX410-201304401-SG

     ESX 4.0
     -------
     File: ESX400-201305001.zip
     md5sum: c9ac91d3d803c7b7cb9df401c20b91c0
     sha1sum: 7f5cef274c709248daa56d8c0e6fcc1ba86ae411
     http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2044242
     ESX400-201305001 contains ESX400-201305401-SG


5. References

     http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1661

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6. Change log

     2013-08-29 VMSA-2013-0011
     Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of
     ESX 5.0 patches on 2013-08-29

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