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VMSA-2010-0013 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console
From: VMware Security Team <security () vmware com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:34:33 -0700
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0013
Synopsis: VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console
Issue date: 2010-08-31
Updated on: 2010-08-31 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2005-4268 CVE-2010-0624 CVE-2010-2063
CVE-2010-1321 CVE-2010-1168 CVE-2010-1447
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1. Summary
ESX 3.5 Console OS (COS) updates for COS packages perl, krb5, samba,
tar, and cpio.
2. Relevant releases
VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-201008405-SG,
ESX350-201008407-SG, ESX350-201008410-SG, ESX350-201008411-SG,
ESX350-201008412-SG.
Notes:
Effective May 2010, VMware's patch and update release program during
Extended Support will be continued with the condition that all
subsequent patch and update releases will be based on the latest
baseline release version as of May 2010 (i.e. ESX 3.0.3 Update 1,
ESX 3.5 Update 5, and VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6). Refer to section
"End of Product Availability FAQs" at
http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle/vi/faq.html for
details.
Extended support for ESX 3.0.3 ends on 2011-12-10. Users should plan
to upgrade to at least ESX 3.5 and preferably to the newest release
available.
3. Problem Description
a. Service Console update for cpio
The service console package cpio is updated to version 2.5-6.RHEL3.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the names CVE-2005-4268 and CVE-2010-0624 to the issues
addressed in this update.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201008405-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. b. Service Console update for tar The service console package tar is updated to version 1.13.25-16.RHEL3 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-0624 to the issue addressed in this update. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution isavailable.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201008407-SG
ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
c. Service Console update for samba
The service console packages for samba are updated to version
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw, samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw and
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2010-2063 to the issue addressed in this
update.
Note:
The issue mentioned above is present in the Samba server (smbd) and
is not present in the Samba client or Samba common packages.
To determine if your system has Samba server installed do a
'rpm -q samba`.
The following lists when the Samba server is installed on the ESX
service console:
- ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1
The Samba server is not present on ESX 4.0 and ESX 4.1.
- ESX 3.5
The Samba server is present if an earlier patch for Samba has been
installed.
- ESX 3.0.3
The Samba server is present if ESX 3.0.3 was upgraded from an
earlier version of ESX 3 and a Samba patch was installed on that
version.
The Samba server is not needed to operate the service console and
can be be disabled without loss of functionality to the service
console.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.1 ESX not applicable ESX 4.0 ESX not applicable ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201008410-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. d. Service Console update for krb5 The service console package krb5 is updated to version 1.2.7-72. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-1321 to the issue addressed in this update. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution isavailable.
VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201008411-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. e. Service Console update for perl The service console package perl is updated to version 5.8.0-101.EL3. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-1168 and CVE-2010-1447 to the issue addressed in this update. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution isavailable.
VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201008412-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file. ESX 3.5 ------- ESX350-201008405-SG (cpio) ------------------- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201008405-SG.zip md5sum: e1d5464ab9886f93dc47ffe7b50e6246 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026130 ESX350-201008407-SG (tar) ------------------- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201008407-SG.zip md5sum: 574013a102fb523c7a97c1acb05f63ea http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026132 ESX350-201008410-SG (samba) ------------------- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201008410-SG.zip md5sum: c5224cf4218a3636b70207b8d269d024 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026134 ESX350-201008411-SG (krb5) ------------------- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201008411-SG.zip md5sum: c0f8b642f8eddd91c959e262d1b7f181 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026135 ESX350-201008412-SG (perl) ------------------- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201008412-SG.zip md5sum: 30e176f34e49c055b0485dfc921fbf81 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026137 5. References CVE numbers http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4268 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0624 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2063 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1321 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1168 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1447 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Change log 2010-08-31 VMSA-2010-0013 Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESX 3.5 on 2010-08-31 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 E-mail: security at vmware.com PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055 VMware Security Center http://www.vmware.com/security VMware security response policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html General support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos.html VMware Infrastructure support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos_vi.html Copyright 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3 (Build 4028) Charset: utf-8 wj8DBQFMffPwS2KysvBH1xkRAvXwAJ4skfzL8KP0a0OFA3VrUwSN0zMB6wCcC/yB xiPGukMjKtDy6B2f6/hB/LE= =PAp4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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