Download Patch ESX-1001726 for VMware ESX Server 3.0.2

Release Date: 9/6/07
Last Updated: 9/6/07

Summary

This patch provides security fixes to the ESX service console for a flaw in the useradd tool in shadow-utils. The shadow-utils package includes the necessary programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, as well as programs for managing user and group accounts. A new user's mailbox, when created, could have random permissions for a short period. This could enable a local malicious user to read or modify the mailbox.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2006-1174 to this issue.

Symptoms

There are no symptoms available for the security fixes.

Impact

This patch resolves the security issues described above.

View KB 1001726 for more information on this patch.

For the related patch for ESX Server 3.0.0, see KB 1001207. For the related patch for ESX Server 3.0.1, see KB 1001692

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows :

1. Download patch ESX-1001726 by clicking on the link above.
2. Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
3. Create a local depot directory.

   # mkdir -p /var/updates

   Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.

4. Change your working directory to /var/updates.

   # cd /var/updates

5. Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
6. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file:

   # md5sum ESX-1001726.tgz
   
   The md5 checksum output should match the following:
   
   ac55c65ddc2142a292648765e9dcb583 ESX-1001726.tgz

7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

   # tar -xvzf ESX-1001726.tgz

8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1001726:

   # cd ESX-1001726

Installation Instructions

Once you have downloaded and extracted the archive, and if you are in the directory you created above, install the update using the following command:

# esxupdate update

To run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-1001726 update

for example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1001726 update

During the update process, logs appear on the terminal. You can specify the verbosity of esxupdate logs by using the -v option as shown below.

# esxupdate -v 10 file://<directory>/ESX-1001726 update

For more information on using esxupdate, refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.