VMware Cloud Director Appliance 10.5 Upgrade improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Cloud Director Appliance 10.5. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Upgrade Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-34060. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Cloud Director Appliance 10.5 (Cloud Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component Upgrade Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Cloud Director Appliance contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in case VMware Cloud Director Appliance was upgraded to 10.5 from an older version. On an upgraded version of VMware Cloud Director Appliance 10.5, a malicious actor with network access to the appliance can bypass login restrictions when authenticating on port 22 (ssh) or port 5480 (appliance management console) . This bypass is not present on port 443 (VCD provider and tenant login). On a new installation of VMware Cloud Director Appliance 10.5, the bypass is not present.

The weakness was published 11/14/2023 as VMSA-2023-0026. It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-34060 since 05/25/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/07/2024).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at kb.vmware.com.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: kb.vmware.com

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05/25/2023 🔍
11/14/2023 +173 days 🔍
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03/07/2024 +114 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2023-0026
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-34060 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34060
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245355
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 11/14/2023 21:31
Updated: 03/07/2024 17:01
Changes: 11/14/2023 21:31 (42), 12/09/2023 16:24 (11), 03/07/2024 17:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good afternoon,
Could you kindly align the cpe "vmware:cloud_director_appliance" to the official NVD Nist cpe "vmware:cloud_director"?
We'd greatly appreciate.
Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
Thank you, we have just aligned the CPE.

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