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Download Patch ESX-3194055 for VMware ESX Server 3.0.0


 

Released 3/5/07


 

Resolved Issues

This update includes updated gzip packages that fix several security issues. Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered two denial of service flaws and several code execution flaws in the way gzip expanded archive files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the names CVE-2006-4334, CVE-2006-4335, CVE-2006-4336, CVE-2006-4337, and CVE-2006-4338 to this issue.

Applicability

This patch is for ESX Server 3.0.0 only. For the related patch for ESX Server 3.0.1, please refer to http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-5885387-patch.html.

View KB 3194055 for more information.

Installing the Patch

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows :

  1. Download patch ESX-3194055 from http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3194055-patch.html .
  2. Log into the ESX Server service console as root.
  3. Create a local depot directory.

    # mkdir /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-3194055.tgz

  7. The md5 checksum output should match the following:

    db07e1cc41b715209034f15910c9847f ESX-3194055.tgz

  8. Extract the compressed tar archive:

    # tar -xvzf ESX-3194055.tgz

  9. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-3194055:

    # cd ESX-3194055

Installation Instructions
Note: There is no need to shut down the virtual machines on the host or to migrate them using VMotion before applying the patch. No reboot of the ESX Server Host is required after applying this patch.

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

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

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-3194055 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-3194055 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-3194055 update

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