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TITLE:
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47758

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-31

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DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESX
Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose
potentially sensitive and system information, bypass certain security
restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated
privileges, by malicious people with physical access to disclose
certain system information, and by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information, conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting
attacks, cause a DoS, and compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA40205
SA42176
SA43358
SA43537
SA43693
SA43803
SA43806
SA44164
SA44248
SA44466
SA44754
SA44792
SA45193
SA45253
SA45328
SA45835
SA45897
SA46539

1) A weakness exists in the bundled version of cURL.

For more information:
SA45067

2) Two vulnerabilities exist in the bundled version of rpm.

For more information:
SA43675
SA46096

3) Some security issues and vulnerabilities exist in the bundled
version of samba.

For more information:
SA38286
SA38811
SA45371
SA45393

4) A security issue and some vulnerabilities exist in the bundled
version of python.

For more information:
SA36425
SA41968
SA43463
SA43831

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 4.0 and 4.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2012-0001:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0001.html

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