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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0314.2
ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid
16 February 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: samba
acpid
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: VMWare ESX Server
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-2948 CVE-2009-2906 CVE-2009-2813
CVE-2009-1888 CVE-2009-0798
Reference: ESB-2009.1361
ESB-2009.0414
Original Bulletin:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0006.html
Revision History: February 16 2011: Updated after release of ESX 3.0.3
patches on 2011-02-14
April 6 2010: Initial Release
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0006.1
Synopsis: ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid
Issue date: 2010-04-01
Updated on: 2011-02-14
CVE numbers: CVE-2009-2906, CVE-2009-1888, CVE-2009-2813,
CVE-2009-2948, CVE-2009-0798
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1. Summary
ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid packages.
2. Relevant releases
VMware ESX 4.0.0 without patch ESX400-201003405-SG,
ESX400-201003403-SG
VMWare ESX 3.0.3 without patch ESX303-201102402-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 2.5.5 ends on 2010-06-15. Users should plan
to upgrade to at least ESX 3.0.3 Update 1 and preferably to the
newest release available.
Extended support for ESX 3.0.3 ends on 2011-12-10. Users should plan
to upgrade to at least ESX 3.5 Update 5 and preferably to the newest
release available.
3. Problem Description
a. Service Console update for samba to 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1
This update changes the samba packages to
samba-client-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1 and
samba-common-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1. These versions include fixes for
security issues that were first fixed in
samba-client-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8 and samba-common-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the names CVE-2009-2906, CVE-2009-1888,CVE-2009-2813
and CVE-2009-2948 to these issues.
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
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VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX ESX400-201003405-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX patch pending
ESX 3.0.3 ESX see VMSA-2010-0019.1
ESX 2.5.5 ESX no patch planned
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 patch pending
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
b. Service Console update for acpid to1.0.4-9.el5_4.2
This updates changes the the acpid package to acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.2.
This version includes the fix for a security issue that was first
fixed in acpid-1.0.4-7.el5_4.1.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-0798 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 any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX ESX400-201003403-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 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.
ESX 4.0
-------
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-195-20100324-069
238/ESX400-201003001.zip
md5sum: c7c0f287d5728289fe2903be48d8d501
sha1sum: d90badd89247ccc96a02001b6d697bf39fad9e7c
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019833
Note: ESX400-201003001 contains the following security bulletins
ESX400-201003403-SG, and ESX400-201003405-SG
To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option.
esxupdate --bundle ESX400-201003403.zip -b ESX400-201003405-SG update
5. References
CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2906
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1888
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2813
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2948
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0798
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6. Change log
2010-04-01 VMSA-2010-0006
Initial security advisory after release of bulletins for ESX 4.0
on 2010-04-01.
2011-02-14 VMSA-2010-0006.1
Updated after release of ESX 3.0.3 patches on 2011-02-14.
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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 2011 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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