VMSA-2012-0002

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager Information Leak and Denial of Service

1. Summary

The vCenter Chargeback Manager contains a vulnerability that allows information leakage and denial-of-service.

2. Relevant releases

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager prior to version 2.0.1

3. Problem Description

The vCenter Chargeback Manager (CBM) contains a flaw in its handling of XML API requests. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to download files from the CBM server or conduct a denial-of-service against the server. VMware thanks Joshua Keyes for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-1472 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.

4. Solution

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

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager
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Download link:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/it_business_management/vmware_vcenter_chargeback/2_0

Release Notes:
https://www.vmware.com/support/vcbm/doc/vcbm_2_0_1_release_notes.html

File: vCenter-CB-2.0.1-643764.zip
md5sum: 88725667703c45f347e28464bfa8a5c7
sha1sum: 7f47db0100b92e7717c40363a271fef563f96c30

5. References

CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1472

6. Change log

2012-03-08 VMSA-2012-0002 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of CBM 2.0.1 on 2012-03-08.

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