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VMSA-2011-0001.3

VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and openldap

1. Summary

ESX 4.0 Service Console OS (COS) updates for glibc, sudo, and openldap packages.

2. Relevant releases

VMware ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201101226-SG, ESX410-201104404-SG

VMware ESX 4.0 without patches ESX400-201101405-SG, ESX400-201101404-SG

3. Problem Description

a. Service Console update for glibc
The service console packages glibc, glibc-common, and nscd are each updated to version 2.5-34.4908.vmw.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project ( cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2010-3856 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, Fusion.

b. Service Console update for sudo
The service console package sudo is updated to version 1.7.2p1-8.el5_5.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-2956 to the issue 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, Fusion.

c. Service Console update for openldap
The service console package openldap is updated to version 2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-0211 and CVE-2010-0212 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, Fusion. ** After the initial advisory, it was determined that ESX does not contain the affected component of openldap.

4. Solution

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

VMware ESX 4.1
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VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1
Download link:
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-259-20110127-527075/update-from-esx4.1-4.1_update01.ziph
md5sum: md5sum: 2d81a87e994aa2b329036f11d90b4c14
sha1sum: c2bfc0cf7ac03d24afd5049ddbd09a865aad1798
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029353

update-from-esx4.1-4.1_update01 contains the following security bulletins:
ESX410-201101226-SG (glibc)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031330 ESX410-201101201-SG (core & CIM)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1027904

VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 also contains the following non-security bulletins
ESX410-201101219-UG, ESX410-201101203-UG, ESX410-201101214-UG,
ESX410-201101217-UG, ESX410-201101215-UG, ESX410-201101225-UG,
ESX410-201101223-UG, ESX410-201101216-UG, ESX410-201101202-UG,
ESX410-201101222-UG, ESX410-201101220-UG, ESX410-201101213-UG,
ESX410-201101218-UG, ESX410-201101204-UG, ESX410-201101221-UG,
ESX410-201101211-UG, ESX410-201101206-UG, ESX410-201101207-UG,
ESX410-201101224-UG, ESX410-201101208-UG.

To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option.

VMware ESX 4.0
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ESX400-201101001
Download link:
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-257-20101231-664659/ESX400-201101001.zip
md5sum: f1d522b380692e0845eb0dda480ab890
sha1sum: 906989af3ddacc41321d685c4afe0d740856f9d5
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029426

ESX400-201101001 contains the following security bulletins:
ESX400-201101401-SG (COS kernel)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029424 ESX400-201101405-SG (glibc)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029881 ESX400-201101404-SG (sudo)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029421 ESX400-201101402-SG (openldap)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029423

ESX400-201101401-SG is documented in VMSA-2010-0017.1.

To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option.

5. References

CVE numbers

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3847
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3856
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2956
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0211
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0212

6. Change log

2011-01-04 VMSA-2011-0001 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of patches for ESX 4.0 on 2011-01-04.

2011-02-10 VMSA-2011-0001.1 Updated security advisory in conjunction with the release of patches for ESX 4.1 as part of the ESX 4.1 Update 1 release on 2011-02-10.

2011-04-28 VMSA-2011-0001.2 Updated advisory after release of ESX 4.1 patches on 2011-04-28.

2011-10-27 VMSA-2010-0001.3 Updated section 3.c on openldap. After the initial advisory, it was determined that ESX does not contain the affected component of openldap.

7. Contact

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