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TITLE:
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24788

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS, System
access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
VMware ESX Server 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/10757/

DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges, and
malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause
a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA15449
SA15949
SA16137
SA16816

Additionally, a VMware internal security audit revealed the following
two vulnerabilities:

1) An unspecified double free error can be exploited to cause a DoS,
disclose sensitive information and may allow the execution of
arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

2) An unspecified buffer overflow can be exploited to cause a DoS or
gain escalated privileges via unknown vectors.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- VMware ESX 3.0.1 --

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-6431040-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9916286-patch.html

-- VMware ESX 3.0.0 --

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-55052-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3616065-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-5754280-patch.html

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2559638
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/6431040
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/9916286
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/55052
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1121906
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/3616065
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/55052

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15449:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15949/

SA15949:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15449/

SA16137:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16137/

SA16816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816/

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