Download Patch ESX-1001730 for VMware ESX Server 3.0.2

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

Summary

This patch provides a security fix for the service console GNU debugger (GDB). GDB debugs programs written in C, C++, and other languages by executing them in a controlled fashion and also prints their data. Various vulnerabilities were found in GDB. These vulnerabilities could allow a malicious user to deceive a user into loading debugging information into GDB, enabling the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2006-4146 to this security issue.

Symptoms

There are no symptoms available for the security fixes.

Impact

This patch resolves the security issue described above.

View KB 1001730 for more information on this patch.

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows :

1. Download patch ESX-1001730 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-1001730.tgz
   
   The md5 checksum output should match the following:
   
   7f91450c665065c9998a635bbe4c42db ESX-1001730.tgz

7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

   # tar -xvzf ESX-1001730.tgz

8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1001730:

   # cd ESX-1001730

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-1001730 update

for example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1001730 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-1001730 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.