-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Contact E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements: http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce 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 E-mail: security at vmware.com PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055 VMware Security Advisories http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories VMware security response policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html General support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos.html VMware Infrastructure support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos_vi.html Copyright 2012 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3 (Build 4028) Charset: utf-8 wj8DBQFPmi9oDEcm8Vbi9kMRArymAJ999Og26VrubhpM7eQq+V05AeSXnQCeP1kr XEpf2gzxDT1g6md8xUl/PLY= =sltS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----