Tag: Firewall

ESXi ESXCLI Firewall Commands

ESXi

You can use the ESXi Shell or ESXCLI commands to configure ESXi at the command line to automate a firewall configuration. NOTE: You can only manage predefined ports. To create custom firewall ports you need to create XML file Command Description esxcli network firewall get Return the enabled or disabled status of the firewall and lists default actions. esxcli…

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PowerShell – Disable SLP on ESXi firewall – VMSA-2019-0022 (CVE-2019-5544), VMSA-2020-0023 (CVE-2020-3992) and VMSA-2021-0002 (CVE-2021-21974).

PowerShell

OpenSLP vulnerabilities have been disclosed that affect ESXi. The possibility of exploitation can be removed by performing the steps detailed in this article I will show you a quick little snippet to disable SLP on the ESXi firewall in response to: VMSA-2019-0022 (CVE-2019-5544),   VMSA-2020-0023 (CVE-2020-3992) and VMSA-2021-0002 (CVE-2021-21974) NOTE: I have NOT notice any impact for VMware native…

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