-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0006 Synopsis: ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid Issue date: 2010-04-01 Updated on: 2010-04-01 (initial release of advisory) CVE numbers: CVE-2009-2906, CVE-2009-1888, CVE-2009-2813, CVE-2009-2948, CVE-2009-0798 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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 ============= ======== ======= ================= 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 patch pending ESX 2.5.5 ESX patch pending 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Change log 2010-04-01 VMSA-2010-0006 Initial security advisory after release of bulletins for ESX 4.0 on 2010-04-01. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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