-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2008-0019 Synopsis: VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2 Issue date: 2008-12-02 Updated on: 2008-12-02 (initial release of advisory) CVE numbers: CVE-2008-4917 CVE-2008-1372 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary Updated VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues. The first is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in virtual device hardware. The second is an updated bzip2 package for the Service Console. 2. Relevant releases VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier, VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, VMware Player 2.0.5 and earlier, VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier, VMware ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-200811401-O-SG VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-200811406-SG and ESX350-200811401-SG VMware ESX 3.0.3 without patches ESX303-200811404-SG and ESX303-200811401-BG VMware ESX 3.0.2 without patches ESX-1006980 and ESX-1006982 NOTE: Extended support for ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 ends on 2009-08-08. Users should plan to upgrade to ESX 3.0.3 and preferably to the newest release available. 3. Problem Description a. Critical Memory corruption vulnerability A memory corruption condition may occur in the virtual machine hardware. A malicious request sent from the guest operating system to the virtual hardware may cause the virtual hardware to write to uncontrolled physical memory. VMware would like to thank Andrew Honig of the Department of Defense for reporting this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4917 to this issue. The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected Workstation 6.5.x any not affected Workstation 6.0.x any 6.5.0 build 118166 or later Workstation 5.x any 5.5.9 build 126128 or later Player 2.5.x any not affected Player 2.0.x any 2.5.0 build 118166 or later Player 1.x any 1.0.9 build 126128 or later ACE 2.5.x Windows not affected ACE 2.0.x Windows 2.5.0 build 118166 or later ACE 1.x Windows 1.0.8 build 125922 or later Server 2.x any not affected Server 1.x any 1.0.8 build 126538 or later Fusion 2.x Mac OS/X not affected Fusion 1.x Mac OS/X upgrade to Fusion 2.0 or later ESXi 3.5 ESXi ESXe350-200811401-O-SG ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-200811401-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX ESX303-200811401-BG ESX 3.0.2 ESX ESX-1006980 ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected b. Updated Service Console package bzip2 bzip2 versions before 1.0.5 can crash if certain flaws in compressed data lead to reading beyond the end of a buffer. This might cause an application linked to the libbz2 library to crash when decompressing malformed archives. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-1372 to this issue. The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi 3.5 ESXi not affected ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-200811406-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX ESX303-200811404-SG ESX 3.0.2 ESX ESX-1006982 ESX 2.5.5 ESX affected, patch pending * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file. VMware Workstation 5.5.9 ------------------------ http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ws5.html Release notes: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html Windows binary: md5sum: 509c7b323a8ac42c0a92b0a1446bb0f8 Compressed Tar archive for 32-bit Linux md5sum: 9d189e72f8111e44b27f1ee92edf265e Linux RPM version for 32-bit Linux md5sum: 0957c5258d033d0107517df64bfea240 VMware Player 1.0.9 ----------------------------- http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ Release notes Player 1.x: http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html Windows binary md5sum: e2c8dd7b27df7d348f14f69de017b93f Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.rpm) md5sum: 471c3881fa60b058b1dac1d3c9c32c85 Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.tar) md5sum: bef507811698e7333f5e8cb672530dbf VMware Server 1.0.8 ------------------- http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ Release notes: http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html VMware Server for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit md5sum: 4ba41e5fa192f786121a7395ebaa8d7c VMware Server Windows client package md5sum: f25746e275ca00f28d44ad372fc92536 VMware Server for Linux md5sum: a476d3953ab1ff8457735e692fa5edf9 VMware Server for Linux rpm md5sum: af6890506618fa82928fbfba8a5f97e1 Management Interface md5sum: 5982b84a39479cabce63e12ab664d369 VMware Server Linux client package md5sum: 605d7db48f63211cc3f5ddb2b3f915a6 ESXi ---- ESXi 3.5 patch ESXe350-200811401-O-SG http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESXe350-200811401-O-SG.zip md5sum: e895c8cb0d32b722d7820d0214416092 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007507 NOTE: The three ESXi patches for Firmware "I", VMware Tools "T," and the VI Client "C" are contained in a single offline "O" download file. ESX --- ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200811401-SG (memory corruption) http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200811401-SG.zip md5sum: 988042ce20ce2381216fbe1862c3e66d http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007501 ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200811406-SG (bzip2) http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200811406-SG.zip md5sum: 285ec405ac34a196cbb796922e22cca2 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504 ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200811401-BG (memory corruption) http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200811401-BG.zip md5sum: 26bf687a3483951d1f14ab66edf1d196 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200811404-SG (bzip2) http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200811404-SG.zip md5sum: 2707e4a599867b0444e85a75a471ed4f http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198 ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006980 (memory corruption) http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006980.tgz md5sum: 5e73f1585fea3ee770b2df2b94e73ca4 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006982 (bzip2) http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006982.tgz md5sum: 4921cf542b5979bd0eef7f2c15683b71 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982 5. References CVE numbers http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4917 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Change log 2008-12-02 VMSA-2008-0019 Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESXi, ESX 3.5, ESX 3.0.3, ESX 3.0.2. Updated hosted products were previously released on 2008-11-06. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 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