{"id":32170,"date":"2023-10-31T06:59:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=32170"},"modified":"2023-10-31T06:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:59:13","slug":"vmware-vcenter-vulnerability-cve-2023-34048-many-systems-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2023\/10\/31\/vmware-vcenter-vulnerability-cve-2023-34048-many-systems-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware vCenter vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 &#8211; many systems vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" title=\"Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sicherheit_klein.jpg\" alt=\"Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/>There is an out-of-bounds vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 in VMware vCenter that leaves systems vulnerable. A security researcher scanned the Internet for accessible and unpatched instances and found numerous systems. Administrators of VMware vCenter installations should ensure systems are patched.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>VMware vCenter vulnerability CVE-2023-34048<\/h2>\n<p>An out-of-bounds write vulnerability <a href=\"https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2023-34048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVE-2023-34048<\/a> exists in VMware vCenter Server in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server can trigger an out-of-bounds write that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS index of 9.8, so it is critical.<\/p>\n<p>VMware has issued security advisory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/security\/advisories\/VMSA-2023-0023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMSA-2023-0023<\/a> on this as of Oct. 25, 2023, and has released security updates for products still in support.<\/p>\n<h2>Unpatched systems found<\/h2>\n<p>I came across the following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leak_ix\/status\/1718004700623077819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> on X. Someone found about 1,100 publicly accessible instances with DCERPC enabled as a service and not running behind any firewall. It's time for the administrators of these systems to take action, .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leak_ix\/status\/1718004700623077819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"VMware vCenter Schwachstelle CVE-2023-34048\" src=\"https:\/\/i.postimg.cc\/YC3JG4Yr\/image.png\" alt=\"VMware vCenter Schwachstelle CVE-2023-34048\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an out-of-bounds vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 in VMware vCenter that leaves systems vulnerable. A security researcher scanned the Internet for accessible and unpatched instances and found numerous systems. Administrators of VMware vCenter installations should ensure systems are patched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,1547,1218],"tags":[69,1544],"class_list":["post-32170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-software","category-virtualization","tag-security","tag-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}