VMware ESX Server 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 7 (for 2.0.2 Systems Only)

Released 6/28/07

TAR File

This document contains the following information:

• Security Issues
• Applicability
• Installing the Update

Security Issues

Please refer to KB 1107 for VMware product security alerts. This patch addresses the following security issues:

• An updated Service Console XFree86 package that fixes a number of security issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2007-1003, CVE-2007-1351, CVE-2007-1352, and CVE-2007-1667 to this issue.

Applicability

This patch is an ESX Server 2.0.2 patch. Please make sure that ESX Server 2.0.2 build 23922 or later is installed before applying the patch. Run vmware -v to display version and build information for your system.

Installing the Update

Note: VMware recommends backing up your ESX Server installation before installing this patch. Also, a minimum of 350 MB of temporary free space on "/" filesystem is required for installing this patch.

This update requires you to boot your server into Linux mode to perform the upgrade. When you are prompted to reboot at the end of the upgrade, the installer will restart your system to run ESX Server.

1. Power off all virtual machines.
2. Restart your system.
3. At the LILO Boot Menu, select linux-up.
4. Log in as root into the ESX Server service console, in Linux mode.
5. Download the tar file into the temporary directory under /root on your ESX Server service console.
6. Change your working directory to that directory.
7. Verify the integrity of the package:
   # md5sum esx-2.0.2-47268-upgrade.tar.gz

   The md5 checksum output should match the following:
   0357cbf7536788cad94ede871a3440c9 esx-2.0.2-47268-upgrade.tar.gz

8. Extract the compressed tar archive:
   # tar -xvzf esx-2.0.2-47268-upgrade.tar.gz
9. Change to the newly created directory:
   # cd esx-2.0.2-47268-upgrade
10. Run the installer:
    # ./upgrade.pl
11. The system updates have now been installed. A reboot prompt displays:
    Reboot the server now [y/n]?

This update will not be complete until you reboot the ESX Server. If you enter N, to indicate that you will not reboot at this time, ESX Server displays the warning message "Please reboot the server manually. Your virtual machines will not run properly until this is done." If you see this message, you must manually reboot the server to complete the driver update.

12. At the reboot prompt, enter Y to reboot the server.