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VMSA-2012-0001 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console
From: VMware Security Team <security () vmware com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:57:40 -0800
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0001
Synopsis: VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library
and ESX Service Console
Issue date: 2012-01-30
Updated on: 2012-01-30 (initial advisory)
CVE numbers: --- COS Kernel ---
CVE-2011-0726, CVE-2011-1078, CVE-2011-1079,
CVE-2011-1080, CVE-2011-1093, CVE-2011-1163,
CVE-2011-1166, CVE-2011-1170, CVE-2011-1171,
CVE-2011-1172, CVE-2011-1494, CVE-2011-1495,
CVE-2011-1577, CVE-2011-1763, CVE-2010-4649,
CVE-2011-0695, CVE-2011-0711, CVE-2011-1044,
CVE-2011-1182, CVE-2011-1573, CVE-2011-1576,
CVE-2011-1593, CVE-2011-1745, CVE-2011-1746,
CVE-2011-1776, CVE-2011-1936, CVE-2011-2022,
CVE-2011-2213, CVE-2011-2492, CVE-2011-1780,
CVE-2011-2525, CVE-2011-2689, CVE-2011-2482,
CVE-2011-2491, CVE-2011-2495, CVE-2011-2517,
CVE-2011-2519, CVE-2011-2901
--- COS cURL ---
CVE-2011-2192
--- COS rpm ---
CVE-2010-2059, CVE-2011-3378
--- COS samba ---
CVE-2010-0547, CVE-2010-0787, CVE-2011-1678,
CVE-2011-2522, CVE-2011-2694
--- COS python ---
CVE-2009-3720, CVE-2010-3493, CVE-2011-1015,
CVE-2011-1521
--- python library ---
CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720, CVE-2010-1634,
CVE-2010-2089, CVE-2011-1521
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1. Summary
VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service
Console address several security issues.
2. Relevant releases
ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201201401-SG
ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201201401-SG, ESX410-201201402-SG,
ESX410-201201404-SG, ESX410-201201405-SG,
ESX410-201201406-SG, ESX410-201201407-SG
3. Problem Description
a. ESX third party update for Service Console kernel
The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) kernel is updated to
kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 to fix multiple security issues in the
COS kernel.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the names CVE-2011-0726, CVE-2011-1078, CVE-2011-1079,
CVE-2011-1080, CVE-2011-1093, CVE-2011-1163, CVE-2011-1166,
CVE-2011-1170, CVE-2011-1171, CVE-2011-1172, CVE-2011-1494,
CVE-2011-1495, CVE-2011-1577, CVE-2011-1763, CVE-2010-4649,
CVE-2011-0695, CVE-2011-0711, CVE-2011-1044, CVE-2011-1182,
CVE-2011-1573, CVE-2011-1576, CVE-2011-1593, CVE-2011-1745,
CVE-2011-1746, CVE-2011-1776, CVE-2011-1936, CVE-2011-2022,
CVE-2011-2213, CVE-2011-2492, CVE-2011-1780, CVE-2011-2525,
CVE-2011-2689, CVE-2011-2482, CVE-2011-2491, CVE-2011-2495,
CVE-2011-2517, CVE-2011-2519, CVE-2011-2901 to these issues.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX ESX410-201201401-SG
ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not applicable
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
b. ESX third party update for Service Console cURL RPM
The ESX Service Console (COS) curl RPM is updated to cURL-7.15.5.9
resolving a security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CVE-2011-2192 to this issue.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX ESX410-201201402-SG
ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not applicable
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
c. ESX third party update for Service Console nspr and nss RPMs
The ESX Service Console (COS) nspr and nss RPMs are updated to
nspr-4.8.8-1.el5_7 and nss-3.12.10-4.el5_7 respectively resolving
a security issues.
A Certificate Authority (CA) issued fraudulent SSL certificates and
Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) and Network Security Services (NSS)
contain the built-in tokens of this fraudulent Certificate
Authority. This update renders all SSL certificates signed by the
fraudulent CA as untrusted for all uses.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX ESX410-201201404-SG
ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not applicable
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
d. ESX third party update for Service Console rpm RPMs
The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) rpm packages are
updated to popt-1.10.2.3-22.el5_7.2, rpm-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2,
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2 and rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2
which fixes multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the names CVE-2010-2059 and CVE-2011-3378 to these issues.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX ESX410-201201406-SG
ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not applicable
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
e. ESX third party update for Service Console samba RPMs
The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) samba packages are
updated to samba-client-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4,
samba-common-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 and
libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 which fixes multiple security
issues in the Samba client.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the names CVE-2010-0547, CVE-2010-0787, CVE-2011-1678,
CVE-2011-2522 and CVE-2011-2694 to these issues.
Note that ESX does not include the Samba Web Administration Tool
(SWAT) and therefore ESX COS is not affected by CVE-2011-2522 and
CVE-2011-2694.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX ESX410-201201407-SG
ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not applicable
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
f. ESX third party update for Service Console python package
The ESX Service Console (COS) python package is updated to
2.4.3-44 which fixes multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the names CVE-2009-3720, CVE-2010-3493, CVE-2011-1015 and
CVE-2011-1521 to these issues.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX ESX410-201201405-SG
ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not applicable
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
g. ESXi update to third party component python
The python third party library is updated to python 2.5.6 which
fixes multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the names CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720, CVE-2010-1634,
CVE-2010-2089, and CVE-2011-1521 to these issues.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
vCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi 5.0 ESXi patch pending
ESXi 4.1 ESXi ESXi410-201201401-SG
ESXi 4.0 ESXi patch pending
ESXi 3.5 ESXi patch pending
ESX 4.1 ESX not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX not affected
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
VMware ESXi 4.1
---------------
ESXi410-201201401
http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-download
md5sum: BDF86F10A973346E26C9C2CD4C424E88
sha1sum: CC0B92869A9AAE4F5E0E5B81BEE109BCD7DA780F
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2009143 ESXi410-201201401 contains ESXi410-201201401-SG VMware ESX 4.1 -------------- ESX410-201201001 http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-downloadmd5sum: 16DF9ACD3E74BCABC2494BC23AD0927F sha1sum: 1066AE1436E1A75BA3D541AB65296CFB9AB7A5CC
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2009142 ESX410-201201001 contains ESX410-201201401-SG, ESX410-201201402-SG, ESX410-201201404-SG, ESX410-201201405-SG, ESX410-201201406-SG and ESX410-201201407-SG 5. References CVE numbers --- COS Kernel --- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0726 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1078 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1079 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1080 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1093 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1163 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1166 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1170 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1171 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1172 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1494 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1495 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1577 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1763 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4649 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0695 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0711 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1044 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1182 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1573 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1576 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1593 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1745 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1746 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1776 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1936 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2022 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2213 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2492 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1780 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2525 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2689 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2482 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2491 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2495 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2517 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2519 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2901 --- COS cURL --- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2192 --- COS rpm --- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2059 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3378 --- COS samba --- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0547 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0787 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1678 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2522 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2694 --- COS python --- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3720 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3493 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1015 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1521 --- python library --- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3560 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3720 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1634 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2089 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1521 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Change log 2012-01-30 VMSA-2012-0001 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of patches for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 on 2012-01-30. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Advisories http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories 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 2012 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3 (Build 4028) Charset: utf-8 wj8DBQFPJ5DIDEcm8Vbi9kMRAnzCAKCmaAoDp49d61Mr1emzh/U0N8vbgACdFZk8 f2pLxi537s+ew4dvnYNWlJ8= =OAh4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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