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VMSA-2010-0019.3

VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console

1. Summary

ESX 3.x and ESX 4.x Console OS (COS) updates for samba, bzip2, and

openssl packages.

2. Relevant releases

VMware ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201104403-SG.

VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201103405-SG.

VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-201012408-SG,
ESX350-201012409-SG, ESX350-201012401-SG.

VMware ESX 3.0.3 without patch ESX303-201102402-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

http://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

a. Service Console update for samba

The service console package samba is updated to version 3.0.9-1.3E.18.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-3069 to this issue.

Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.

b. Service Console update for bzip2

The service console package bzip2 is updated to version 1.0.2-14.EL3 in ESX 3.x and version 1.0.3-6 in ESX 4.x.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-0405 to this issue.

Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.

c. Service Console update for OpenSSL

The service console package openssl updated to version 0.9.7a-33.26.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-2409 and CVE-2009-3555 to the issues addressed in this update.

Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* 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 4.1
-------
ESX410-201104001

https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-275-20110420-062017/ESX410-201104001.zip

md5sum: 757c3370ae63c75ef5b2178bd35a4ac3
sha1sum: 95cfdc08e0988b4a0c0c3ea1a1acc1c661979888

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035110

ESX410-201104001 contains ESX410-201104403-SG.

ESX 4.0
-------
ESX400-201103001

https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-273-20110303-574144/ESX400-201103001.zip

md5sum: 5b9a0cfe6c0ff1467c09c8d115910ff8
sha1sum: 8bfb5df8066a01704eaa24e4d8a34f371816904b

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032822

ESX400-201103001 containes the following security bulletins:

ESX400-201103401-SG (SLPD, openssl, COS kernel)

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032814
ESX400-201103403-SG (JRE, Tomcat)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032815
ESX400-201103404-SG (pam)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032816
ESX400-201103405-SG (bzip2)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032817
ESX400-201103406-SG (popt/rpm)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032818
ESX400-201103407-SG (bind)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1032819


ESX 3.5
-------

Samba

http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201012408-SG.zip
md5sum: 53a427d5d2213c51d57e8e8f7e3d544c

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029999

bzip

http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201012409-SG.zip
md5sum: 0a688d7153380fcb5d7ca0ac098e2d03

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1030000

openssl

http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201012401-SG.zip

md5sum: a8b1d9e4eabd14b6822bd1f8bf6dbf69

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029993

ESX 3.0.3
---------
Samba

http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-201102402-SG.zip
md5sum: e9d5a5e34d71011996cbf5e7d09fcda1

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031238

5. References

CVE numbers

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3069

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0405

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0590

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2409

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3555

6. Change log

2010-12-07 VMSA-2010-0019
Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESX 3.5
on 2010-12-07
2011-02-14 VMSA-2010-0019.1
Updated advisory after release of ESX 3.0.3 patches on 2011-02-14.
2011-03-07 VMSA-2010-0019.2
Updated advisory after release of ESX 4.0 patches on 2011-03-07.
2011-04-28 VMSA-2010-0019.3
Updated advisory after release of ESX 4.1 patches on 2011-04-28.

7. Contact

E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
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This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

• security-announce at lists.vmware.com
• bugtraq at securityfocus.com
• full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk