Check Point Advisories

VMware vCenter Server Out of Bounds Write (CVE-2023-34048)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-1389
Date Published: 17 Dec 2023
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 01 February, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-34048
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? VMWare Cloud Foundation 4.x, 5.x prior to KB88287
VMWare vCenter Server prior to 7.0U3o
VMWare vCenter Server prior to 8.0U1d
VMWare vCenter Server prior to 8.0U2
Vulnerability Description An out of bounds write vulnerability exists in VMware vCenter Server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the VMware vCenter Server Out of Bounds Write (CVE-2023-34048) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  VMware vCenter Server Out of Bounds Write (CVE-2023-34048)

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