Check Point Advisories

VMware Multiple Products Server Side Request Forgery (CVE-2021-21975)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2021-1066
Date Published:	23 Feb 2022
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 11 February, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2021-21975
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0.1 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0.1.1 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5.1 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.7 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.7.1 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.7.2 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.8 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.8.1 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9.1 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10 VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.0.0 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.0 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.0.0 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.0.1 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.1.0 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.1.1 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.2.0 VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.3.0 VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0 VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0.1 VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.1 VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.2 Patch 3
Vulnerability Description	A sever-side request forgery vulnerability exists in multiple VMware products. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could possibly lead to an attacker accessing administrative credentials.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the VMware Multiple Products Server Side Request Forgery (CVE-2021-21975) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: VMware Multiple Products Server Side Request Forgery (CVE-2021-21975)