[Full-disclosure] VMSA-2010-0013
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - 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 - 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/ ProductVersion on Apply Patch = === = VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX3.5 ESX ESX350-201008405-SG ESX3.0.3 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 is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ ProductVersion on Apply Patch = === = VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX3.5 ESX ESX350-201008407-SG ESX3.0.3 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
[Full-disclosure] VMSA-2010-0013 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - 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 - 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/ ProductVersion on Apply Patch = === = VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX3.5 ESX ESX350-201008405-SG ESX3.0.3 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 is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ ProductVersion on Apply Patch = === = VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX4.1 ESX affected, patch pending ESX4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX3.5 ESX ESX350-201008407-SG ESX3.0.3 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
