[Security-announce] UPDATED VMSA-2008-0011.3 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix

Thu Oct 30 23:35:26 PDT 2008

   Updated ESX packages address several security issues.

2. Relevant releases:

   VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-200806201-UG (vmnix) and  
   ESX350-200806218-UG (samba)
   VMware ESX 3.0.2 without patch ESX-1006029
   VMware ESX 3.0.1 without patch ESX-1006028
   VMware ESX 2.5.5 before Upgrade Patch 10
   VMware ESX 2.5.4 before Upgrade Patch 21

   NOTE: Extended support (Security and Bug fixes) for ESX 3.0.2 ends
   on 10/29/2008 and Extended support for ESX 3.0.2 Update 1
   ends on 8/8/2009.  Users should plan to upgrade to ESX 3.0.3
   and preferably to the newest release available.

   Extended Support (Security and Bug fixes) for ESX 3.0.1 has ended
   on 2008-07-31.  The 3.0.1 patches are released in August because
   there was no patch release in July.

3. Problem description:

I   Service Console rpm updates

 a.  Security Update to Service Console Kernel

   This fix upgrades service console kernel version to 2.4.21-57.EL.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the names CVE-2007-5001, CVE-2007-6151, CVE-2007-6206,
   CVE-2008-0007, CVE-2008-1367, CVE-2008-1375, CVE-2006-4814, and
   CVE-2008-1669 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-57.EL.

   VMware         Product   Running  Replace with/
   Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
   =============  ========  =======  =================
   VirtualCenter  any       Windows  not applicable

   hosted         any       any      not applicable

   ESXi           3.5       ESXi     not applicable

   ESX            3.5       ESX      patch ESX350-200806201-UG
   ESX            3.0.3     ESX      not affected
   ESX            3.0.2     ESX      affected, no update planned
   ESX            3.0.1     ESX      affected, no update planned
   ESX            2.5.5     ESX      not applicable
   ESX            2.5.4     ESX      not applicable

 b.  Samba Security Update

   This fix upgrades the service console rpm samba to version
   3.0.9-1.3E.15vmw

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the name CVE-2008-1105 to this issue.

   VMware         Product   Running  Replace with/
   Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
   =============  ========  =======  =================
   VirtualCenter  any       Windows  not applicable

   hosted         any       any      not applicable

   ESXi           3.5       ESXi     not applicable

   ESX            3.5       ESX      patch ESX350-200806218-UG
   ESX            3.0.3     ESX      not affected
   ESX            3.0.2     ESX      patch ESX-1006029
   ESX            3.0.1     ESX      patch ESX-1006028
   ESX            2.5.5     ESX      ESX 2.5.5 upgrade patch 10 or later
   ESX            2.5.4     ESX      ESX 2.5.4 upgrade patch 21

4. Solution:

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file.

   ESX 3.5 (Samba)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/ESX350-200806218-UG.zip
   md5sum: dfad21860ba24a6322b36041c0bc2a07
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005931

   ESX 3.5 (vmnix)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/ESX350-200806201-UG.zip
   md5sum: 2888192905a6763a069914fcd258d329
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005894

   ESX 3.0.3 build 104629
   ESX Server 3.0.3 CD image
   md5sum: c2cda9242c6981c7eba1004e8fc5626d
   Upgrade package from ESX Server 2.x to ESX Server 3.0.3
   md5sum: 0ad8fa4707915139d8b2343afebeb92b
   Upgrade package from earlier releases of ESX Server 3 to ESX Server
3.0.3
   md5sum: ff7f3dc12d34b474b231212bdf314113
   release notes:
   http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_esx303.html

   ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006029
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006029.tgz
   md5sum: 08b81541304a3a8a612679e6a50aaa6c
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006029

   ESX 3.0.1 patch ESX-1006028
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006028.tgz
   md5sum: 81e7e5771354340805ba6fb94ac7115a
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006028

   VMware ESX 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 10
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.5-119702-upgrade.tar.gz
   md5sum: 2ee87cdd70b1ba84751e24c0bd8b4621
   http://vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-255-200810-patch.html

   VMware ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 21
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.4-119703-upgrade.tar.gz
   md5sum: d791be525c604c852a03dd7df0eabf35
   http://vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200810-patch.html

5. References:

  CVE numbers
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5001
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6151
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6206
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0007
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1367
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1375
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1669
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4814
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1105

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6. Change log:

2008-07-28 VMSA-2008-0011    
Initial release
2008-08-12 VMSA-2008-0011.1
Added VMware ESX 3.0.3 released on 2008-08-08
2008-08-29 VMSA-2008-0011.2
Added VMware ESX 3.0.2, ESX 3.0.1 released on 2008-08-28
2008-10-31 VMSA-2008-0011.3
Added VMware ESX 2.5.4 and ESX 2.5.5 released on 2008-10-30

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