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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.0415.4
VMware ESX updates to ESX Service Console
8 January 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: VMware ESX 4.1
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: VMWare ESX Server
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-0028 CVE-2011-4348 CVE-2011-3919
CVE-2011-3905 CVE-2011-3191 CVE-2011-2834
CVE-2011-1944 CVE-2011-0216 CVE-2010-4008
Reference: ASB-2012.0004
ESB-2012.0333
ESB-2012.0150
ESB-2011.1208
ESB-2011.0749
ASB-2011.0114.2
ESB-2011.0923.2
Revision History: January 8 2013: Corrected error in body of bulletin
September 18 2012: Updated security advisory in conjunction
with the release of vSphere 4.0 U4a
April 30 2012: Initial Release
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0008.1
Synopsis: VMware ESX updates to ESX Service Console
Issue date: 2012-04-26
Updated on: 2012-09-13
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
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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 see VMSA-2012-0013 **
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.
CVE-2012-0028 is addressed by a later kernel patch, see
VMSA-2012-0013.
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 see VMSA-2012-0013
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
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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.
2012-09-12 VMSA-2012-0008.1
Updated security advisory in conjunction with the release of
vSphere 4.0 U4a on 2012-09-12 and ESX 4.0 patches on 2012-09-13.
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7. Contact
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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.
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