-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0010 Synopsis: ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel Issue date: 2010-06-24 Updated on: 2010-06-24 (initial release of advisory) CVE numbers: CVE-2008-5029 CVE-2008-5300 CVE-2009-1337 CVE-2009-1385 CVE-2009-1895 CVE-2009-2848 CVE-2009-3002 CVE-2009-3547 CVE-2009-2698 CVE-2009-2692 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Summary ESX 3.5 Console OS (COS) updates for COS package 'kernel'. 2. Relevant releases VMware ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201006401-SG Notes: Effective May 2010, VMware's patch and update release program during Extended Support will be continued with the condition that all subsequent patch and update releases will be based on the latest baseline release version as of May 2010 (i.e. ESX 3.0.3 Update 1, ESX 3.5 Update 5, and VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6). Refer to section "End of Product Availability FAQs" at http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle/vi/faq.html for details. Extended support for ESX 3.0.3 ends on 2011-12-10. Users should plan to upgrade to at least ESX 3.5 and preferably to the newest release available. 3. Problem Description a. Service Console update for COS kernel The service console package kernel is updated to version 2.4.21-63. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2008-5029, CVE-2008-5300, CVE-2009-1337, CVE-2009-1385, CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-2848, CVE-2009-3002, and CVE-2009-3547 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-63. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2009-2698, CVE-2009-2692 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-60. 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 ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.0 ESX not applicable ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201006401-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, no update planned vMA 4.0 RHEL5 not applicable * 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. ESX 3.5 ------- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-201006401-SG.zip md5sum: b89fb8a51c4a896bc0bf297b57645d1d http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022899 5. References CVE numbers http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5029 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5300 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1337 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1385 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1895 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2848 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3002 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3547 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2698 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2692 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Change log 2010-06-24 VMSA-2010-0010 Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESX 3.5 on 2010-06-24 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Center http://www.vmware.com/security 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 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkwkQSoACgkQS2KysvBH1xm2VQCeLPp++2UyvyvN9IuL0jQsJza+ KEIAnRkS+BHGgtPa6ZzT/lH++1Qm8naJ =GQrj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----