VMSA-2010-0010
ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel
| VMware Security Advisory | |
| Advisory ID: | VMSA-2010-0010 |
| Synopsis: | ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel |
| Issue date: | 2010-06-24 |
| Updated on: | 2010-06-24 (initial release of advisory) |
| CVE numbers: | CVE-2008-5029 CVE-2008-5300 CVE-2009-1337
CVE-2009-1385 CVE-2009-1895 CVE-2009-2848 CVE-2009-3002 CVE-2009-3547 CVE-2009-2698 CVE-2009-2692 |
1. Summary
ESX 3.5 Console OS (COS) updates for COS package 'kernel'.
2. Relevant releases
VMware ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201006401-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
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
The service console package kernel is updated to version 2.4.21-63.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2008-5029, CVE-2008-5300, CVE-2009-1337, CVE-2009-1385, CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-2848, CVE-2009-3002, and CVE-2009-3547 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-63.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2009-2698, CVE-2009-2692 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-60.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.
| VMware
Product |
Product
Version |
Running
On |
Replace with
Apply Path |
| ============= | ======== | ======= | ================= |
| VirtualCenter | any | Windows | not affected |
| hosted * | any | any | not affected |
| ESXi | any | ESXi | not affected |
| ESX | 4.0 | ESX | not applicable |
| ESX | 3.5 | ESX | ESX350-201006401-SG |
| ESX | 3.0.3 | ESX | affected, no update planned |
| vMA | 4.0 | RHEL5 | 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.
ESX 3.5
-------
download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201006401-SG.zip
md5sum: b89fb8a51c4a896bc0bf297b57645d1d
kb.vmware.com/kb/1022899
5. References
CVE numbers
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
6. Change log
2010-06-24 VMSA-2010-0010 Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESX 3.5 on 2010-06-24
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