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VMSA-2010-0006 ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid


From: VMware Security Team <security () vmware com>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:34:57 -0700

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                  VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID:       VMSA-2010-0006
Synopsis:          ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid
Issue date:        2010-04-01
Updated on:        2010-04-01 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers:       CVE-2009-2906, CVE-2009-1888, CVE-2009-2813,
                  CVE-2009-2948, CVE-2009-0798

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1. Summary

  ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid packages.

2. Relevant releases

  VMware ESX 4.0.0 without patch ESX400-201003405-SG,
                                 ESX400-201003403-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 2.5.5 ends on 2010-06-15. Users should plan
  to upgrade to at least ESX 3.0.3 Update 1 and preferably to the
  newest release available.

  Extended support for ESX 3.0.3 ends on 2011-12-10. Users should plan
  to upgrade to at least ESX 3.5 Update 5 and preferably to the newest
  release available.

3. Problem Description

a. Service Console update for samba to 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1

   This update changes the samba packages to
   samba-client-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1 and
   samba-common-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1. These versions include fixes for
   security issues that were first fixed in
   samba-client-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8 and samba-common-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the names CVE-2009-2906, CVE-2009-1888,CVE-2009-2813
   and CVE-2009-2948 to these issues.

   The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
   (column 4) 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            4.0       ESX      ESX400-201003405-SG
   ESX            3.5       ESX      patch pending
   ESX            3.0.3     ESX      patch pending
   ESX            2.5.5     ESX      patch pending

   vMA            4.0       RHEL5    patch pending

 * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.

b. Service Console update for acpid to1.0.4-9.el5_4.2

   This updates changes the the acpid package to acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.2.
   This version includes the fix for a security issue that was first
fixed in acpid-1.0.4-7.el5_4.1.
   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the name CVE-2009-0798 to this issue.

   The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
   (column 4) 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            4.0       ESX      ESX400-201003403-SG
   ESX            3.5       ESX      not affected
   ESX            3.0.3     ESX      not affected
   ESX            2.5.5     ESX      not affected

   vMA            4.0       RHEL5    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 4.0
  -------

https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-195-20100324-069
238/ESX400-201003001.zip
  md5sum: c7c0f287d5728289fe2903be48d8d501
  sha1sum: d90badd89247ccc96a02001b6d697bf39fad9e7c
  http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019833

  Note: ESX400-201003001 contains the following security bulletins
  ESX400-201003403-SG, and ESX400-201003405-SG

  To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option.
  esxupdate --bundle ESX400-201003403.zip -b ESX400-201003405-SG update


5. References

  CVE numbers
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2906
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1888
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2813
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2948
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0798

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6. Change log

2010-04-01  VMSA-2010-0006
Initial security advisory after release of bulletins for ESX 4.0
on 2010-04-01.

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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
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