VMSA-2011-0010.3
VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc and dhcp
VMware Security Advisory
CVE-2011-1071 CVE-2011-1095 CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
1. Summary
ESX Service Console OS (COS) updates to remediate vulnerabilities in glibc and dhcp.
2. Relevant releases
ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201107405-SG and ESX410-201107406-SG.
ESX 4.0 without patches ESX400-201110406-SG and ESX400-201110408-SG.
ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203405-SG.
3. Problem Description
a. Service Console update for DHCP
The DHCP client daemon, dhclient, does not properly sanatize certain options in DHCP server replies. An attacker could send a specially crafted DHCP server reply, that is saved on the client system and evaluated by a process that assumes the option is trusted. This could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the evaluating process.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2011-0997 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.
VMware Product
Product Version
Running on
Replace with/ Apply Patch
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
b. Service Console update for glibc
This patch updates the glibc package for ESX service console to glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2. This fixes multiple security issues in glibc, glibc-common and nscd including possible local privilege escalation.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifiers CVE-2010-0296, CVE-2011-0536, CVE-2011-1095, CVE-2011-1071, CVE-2011-1658 and CVE-2011-1659 to these issues.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.
VMware Product
Product Version
Running on
Replace with/ Apply Patch
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
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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ESX410-201107001
Download link:
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-285-20110719-831016/ESX410-201107001.zip
md5sum: 5db911b51bd45fa4fbd710cf2111c20e
sha1sum: 6b1ca691133b56b74f12cecac6409062c5d1efbf
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2000612
ESX410-201107001 contains ESX410-201107405-SG and ESX410-201107406-SG.
VMware ESX 4.0
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ESX400-201110001
Download link:
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-314-20111006-398488/ESX400-201110001.zip
md5sum: 0ce9cc285ea5c27142c9fdf273443d78
sha1sum: fdb5482b2bf1e9c97f2814255676e3de74512399
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1036391
ESX400-201110001 contains ESX400-201110406-SG and ESX400-201110408-SG.
ESX 3.5
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ESX350-201203405-SG
Download link:
http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-download
md5sum: 5103d34dbf40a350cfdce5f1f495ac98
sha1sum: df4e201dbc542d77b8b85a62551817aa0dee821a
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2009159
5. References
CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0296
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0536
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0997
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1658
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1659
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1071
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1095
6. Change log
2011-07-28 VMSA-2011-0010 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of ESX 4.1 patches on 2011-07-28.
2011-09-19 VMSA-2011-0010.1 Updated security advisory with the CVE identifiers CVE-2011-1658 and CVE-2011-1659 that where erroneously left out from the initial version of the advisory. There is no change to the patch content.
2011-10-12 VMSA-2011-0010.2 Updated security advisory after the release of ESX 4.0 patches on 2011-10-12.
2012-03-08 VMSA-2011-0010.3 Updated security advisory after the release of ESX 3.5 patches on 2012-03-08.
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