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                   VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0008
Synopsis:    VMware ESX updates to ESX Service Console
Issue date:  2012-04-26
Updated on:  2012-04-26 (initial advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944, CVE-2011-2834,
             CVE-2011-3191, CVE-2011-4348, CVE-2012-0028, CVE-2011-3905,
             CVE-2011-3919
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1. Summary

   VMware ESX updates to ESX Service Console.

2. Relevant releases

   ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201204401-SG,ESX410-201204402-SG

3. Problem Description

 a. ESX third party update for Service Console kernel

    The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) kernel is updated
    which addresses several security issues in the COS kernel.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
    assigned the names CVE-2011-3191, CVE-2011-4348 and CVE-2012-0028 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   Running  Replace with/
    Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
    =============  ========  =======  =================
    vCenter        any       Windows  not affected

    hosted *       any       any      not affected

    ESXi           any       ESXi     not affected

    ESX            4.1       ESX      ESX410-201204401-SG
    ESX            4.0       ESX      patch pending **
    ESX            3.5       ESX      not applicable

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

  ** Two of the three issues, CVE-2011-3191 and CVE-2011-4348, have
     already been addressed on ESX 4.0 in an earlier kernel patch. See
     VMSA-2012-0006 for details.

 b. Updated ESX Service Console package libxml2

    The ESX Console Operating System (COS) libxml2 rpms are updated to
    the following versions libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2 and
    libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.12.el5_7.2 which addresses several
    security issues.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
    assigned the names CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944,
    CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919 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   Running  Replace with/
    Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
    =============  ========  =======  =================
    vCenter        any       Windows  not affected

    hosted *       any       any      not affected

    ESXi           any       ESXi     not affected

    ESX            4.1       ESX      ESX410-201204402-SG
    ESX            4.0       ESX      patch pending
    ESX            3.5       ESX      not applicable

  * 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.
    
   ESX 4.1
   -------
   ESX410-201204001
   md5sum: 7994635547b375b51422b1a166c6e214
   sha1sum: 9d5f3c9cbc53a9e03524b9bf0935c71f3dadf620
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2013057

   ESX410-201204001 contains ESX410-201204401-SG and
   ESX410-201204402-SG
     
5. References

   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4008
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0216
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1944
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2834
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3191
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4348
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0028
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3905
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3919

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6. Change log

   2012-04-26 VMSA-2012-0008
   Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of
   patches for ESX 4.1 on 2012-04-26.

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7. Contact

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  * bugtraq at securityfocus.com
  * full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk

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