VMSA-2008-0012 Updated VirtualCenter addresses User Account Disclosure Vulnerability

[VMware Security Team <security () vmware com>]

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                  VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID:       VMSA-2008-0012
Synopsis:          Updated VirtualCenter addresses User Account
                  Disclosure Vulnerability
Issue date:        2008-08-12
Updated on:        2008-08-12 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers:       CVE-2008-3514
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1. Summary

  Updated VirtualCenter addresses User Account Disclosure Vulnerability

2. Relevant releases

  VirtualCenter 2.5 previous to Update 2
  VirutalCenter 2.0.2 previous to Update 5

3. VirtualCenter User Account Disclosure Vulnerability

  An information disclosure vulnerability is present in VirtualCenter.
  Exploitation of this flaw might result in disclosure of the user
  names of system accounts.

  VMware would like to thank Brett Moore of Insomnia Security for
  reporting this issue to us.

  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
  has assigned the name CVE-2008-3514 to this issue.

  VMware         Product   Running  Replace with/
  Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
  =============  ========  =======  =================
  VirtualCenter  2.5       Windows  VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
  VirtualCenter  2.0.2     Windows  VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 5

  hosted *       any       any      not applicable

  ESX(i)         any       ESX(i)   not applicable
  
  ESX            any       ESX      not applicable

  * 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.

  VirtualCenter
  -------------
  
  VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 build 104263
  http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VC250U2
  DVD iso image
  md5sum: 83de404fa073bc1fde9acd080f21e688
  Zip file
  md5sum: 3297f1e47c6b018ac8190f11bd022d5b
  Release Notes
  http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/vi3_esx35u2_vc25u2_rel_notes.html

  VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 5 build 104182
  http://www.vmware.com/downloads/download.do?downloadGroup=VC202U5
  DVD iso image
  md5sum: 5fee5d2d97b482e0d0cb47da7d8e7c34
  Zip file
  md5sum: cd468aab309745c12ee5516652aafbcb
  Release Notes
  http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_vc202u5.html
   
5. References

  CVE numbers
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3514

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6. Change log

2008-08-12  VMSA-2008-0012    
Initial release following release of VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 5

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 * security-announce at lists.vmware.com
 * bugtraq at securityfocus.com
 * full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk

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Copyright 2008 VMware Inc.  All rights reserved.

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