VMSA-2008-0018:VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues
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04 November 2008
04 November 2008
CLOSED
HIGH
CVE-2008-4915,CVE-2008-4281
VMSA-2008-0018
VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple
security issues. A flaw in the CPU hardware emulation may allow for a
privilege escalation on virtual machine guest operating systems. In
addition a directory traversal issue is resolved.
2. Relevant releases
VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier,
VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier,
VMware Player 2.0.5 and earlier,
VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier,
VMware ACE 2.0.5 and earlier,
VMware ACE 1.0.7 and earlier,
VMware Server 1.0.7 and earlier.
VMware ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-200810401-O-UG
VMware ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-200810201-UG
VMware ESX 3.0.3 without patch ESX303-200810501-BG
VMware ESX 3.0.2 without patch ESX-1006680
VMware ESX 2.5.5 without upgrade patch 10 or later
VMware ESX 2.5.4 without upgrade patch 21
NOTE: Hosted products VMware Workstation 5.x, VMware Player 1.x,
and VMware ACE 1.x will reach end of general support
2008-11-09. Customers should plan to upgrade to the latest
version of their respective products.
Extended support (Security and Bug fixes) for ESX 3.0.2 ended
on 2008-10-29 and Extended support for ESX 3.0.2 Update 1
ends on 2009-08-08. Users should plan to upgrade to ESX 3.0.3
and preferably to the newest release available.
3. Problem Description
a. A privilege escalation on 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems
VMware products emulate hardware functions and create the
possibility to run guest operating systems.
A flaw in the CPU hardware emulation might allow the virtual CPU to
incorrectly handle the Trap flag. Exploitation of this flaw might
lead to a privilege escalation on guest operating systems. An
attacker needs a user account on the guest operating system and
have the ability to run applications.
VMware would like to thank Derek Soeder for discovering
this issue and working with us on its remediation.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-4915 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product
Product Version
Running on
Replace with/ Apply Patch
b. Directory traversal vulnerability
VirtualCenter allows administrators to have fine-grained privileges.
A directory traversal vulnerability might allow administrators to
increase these privileges. In order to leverage this flaw, the
administrator would need to have the Datastore.FileManagement
privilege.
VMware would like to thank Michel Toussaint for reporting this issue
to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-4281 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product
Product Version
Running on
Replace with/ Apply Patch
* 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.
VMware Workstation 5.5.9
------------------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ws5.html
Release notes:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
Windows binary:
md5sum: 509c7b323a8ac42c0a92b0a1446bb0f8
Compressed Tar archive for 32-bit Linux
md5sum: 9d189e72f8111e44b27f1ee92edf265e
Linux RPM version for 32-bit Linux
md5sum: 0957c5258d033d0107517df64bfea240
VMware Player 1.0.9
-----------------------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
Release notes Player 1.x:
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
Windows binary
md5sum: e2c8dd7b27df7d348f14f69de017b93f
Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.rpm)
md5sum: 471c3881fa60b058b1dac1d3c9c32c85
Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.tar)
md5sum: bef507811698e7333f5e8cb672530dbf
VMware ACE 1.0.8
----------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/ace/
Release notes:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html
Windows binary
md5sum: 920a08c2fcdeaedcb3258183817419a0
ACE 1.0.8 for Linux (.rpm)
md5sum: 450254b73fa6802713136bf2c04e5b40
ACE 1.0.8 for Linux (.tar)
md5sum: 5efdaccf8217b8d7875d3f35cd6159e0
VMware Server 1.0.8
-------------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
Release notes:
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
VMware Server for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
md5sum: 4ba41e5fa192f786121a7395ebaa8d7c
VMware Server Windows client package
md5sum: f25746e275ca00f28d44ad372fc92536
VMware Server for Linux
md5sum: a476d3953ab1ff8457735e692fa5edf9
VMware Server for Linux rpm
md5sum: af6890506618fa82928fbfba8a5f97e1
Management Interface
md5sum: 5982b84a39479cabce63e12ab664d369
VMware Server Linux client package
md5sum: 605d7db48f63211cc3f5ddb2b3f915a6
ESXi
----
ESXi 3.5 patch ESXe350-200810401-O-UG
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESXe350-200810401-O-UG.zip
md5sum: 9b83c54a005572bebb86652e3efd732a
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007056
NOTE: The three ESXi patches for Firmware "I", VMware Tools "T," and
the VI Client "C" are contained in a single offline "O"
download file.
ESX
---
ESX Server 3.5 update 3 CD image Refresh
md5sum: e9bdaad2d37872820a4cad8e8dbde536
http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=ESX350U3
ESX Server 3.5 upgrade package from ESX Server 2.x to ESX Server 3.5
Update 3 Refresh
md5sum:2da08fed15bd4b1ed5b19433e837591c
http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=ESX350U3
ESX Server 3.5 upgrade package from ESX Server 3.0.x to ESX Server 3.5
Update 3 Refresh
md5sum:d631aa8418d99fce4280fc3905ac4c37
http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=ESX350U3
ESX Server 3.5 upgrade package from ESX Server 3.5 to ESX Server 3.5
Update 3 Refresh
md5sum:4dea5d943d0c0469c397b6520dfeb0fb
http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=ESX350U3
ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200810201-UG (vCPU/directory traversal)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200810201-UG.zip
md5sum: 6f26f985d9fea520ebdda7c65b60486e
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007041
ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200810501-BG (vCPU)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200810501-BG.zip
md5sum: da72f475c5ac038379d712d36307e33d
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006969
ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006680 (vCPU)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006680.tgz
md5sum: 8186a2e77bc7c0e4cd5b214d0a5d29c0
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006680
VMware ESX 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 10
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.5-119702-upgrade.tar.gz
md5sum: 2ee87cdd70b1ba84751e24c0bd8b4621
http://vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-255-200810-patch.html
VMware ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 21
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.4-119703-upgrade.tar.gz
md5sum: d791be525c604c852a03dd7df0eabf35
http://vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200810-patch.html
6. Change log
2008-11-06 VMSA-2008-0018
Initial security advisory after release of VMware Workstation, VMware
Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server and ESXi and ESX 3.5 Update 3
on 2008-11-06.
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
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