VMSA-2011-0013.3

VMware third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

1. Summary

Updates for vCenter Server 4.1, vSphere Update Manager 4.1, vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 4.1 and ESX 4.x addresses several security issues.

2. Relevant releases

vCenter Server 4.1 without Update 2
vCenter Server 4.0 without Update 4

vSphere Update Manager 4.1 without Update 2
vSphere Update Manager 4.0 without Update 4

ESXi 4.1 without patch ESX410-201110201-SG

ESX 4.1 without patches ESX410-201110201-SG, ESX410-201110204-SG,
ESX410-201110206-SG, and ESX410-201110214-SG
ESX 4.0 without patches ESX400-201111201-SG, ESX400-201203401-SG,
and ESX400-201203406-SG

3. Problem Description

a. ESX third party update for Service Console openssl RPM
The Service Console openssl RPM is updated to openssl-0.9.8e.12.el5_5.7 resolving two security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2008-7270 and CVE-2010-4180 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.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.

b. ESX third party update for Service Console libuser RPM
The Service Console libuser RPM is updated to version 0.54.7-2.1.el5_5.2 to resolve a security issue.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2011-0002 to this issue.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.

c. ESX third party update for Service Console nss and nspr RPMs
The Service Console Network Security Services (NSS) and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries are updated to nspr-4.8.6-1 and nss-3.12.8-4 resolving multiple security issues.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-3170 and CVE-2010-3173 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.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.

d. vCenter Server and ESX, Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.6.0_24
Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_24, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in JRE 1.6.0_24: CVE-2010-4422, CVE-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448, CVE-2010-4450, CVE-2010-4451, CVE-2010-4452, CVE-2010-4454, CVE-2010-4462, CVE-2010-4463, CVE-2010-4465, CVE-2010-4466, CVE-2010-4467, CVE-2010-4468, CVE-2010-4469, CVE-2010-4470,CVE-2010-4471, CVE-2010-4472, CVE-2010-4473, CVE-2010-4474, CVE-2010-4475 and CVE-2010-4476.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in JRE 1.6.0_22: CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3541, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3552, CVE-2010-3553, CVE-2010-3554, CVE-2010-3555, CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3557, CVE-2010-3558, CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3560, CVE-2010-3561, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3563, CVE-2010-3565, CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3567, CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2010-3570, CVE-2010-3571, CVE-2010-3572, CVE-2010-3573 and CVE-2010-3574.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.

** this product uses the Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.5.0 family

e. vSphere Update Manager Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.5.0_30
Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.5.0_30, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.5.0_30: CVE-2011-0862, CVE-2011-0873, CVE-2011-0815, CVE-2011-0864, CVE-2011-0802, CVE-2011-0814, CVE-2011-0871, CVE-2011-0867 and CVE-2011-0865.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.5.0_28: CVE-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448, CVE-2010-4450, CVE-2010-4454, CVE-2010-4462, CVE-2010-4465, CVE-2010-4466, CVE-2010-4468, CVE-2010-4469, CVE-2010-4473, CVE-2010-4475, CVE-2010-4476.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.

** this product uses the Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0 family

f. Integer overflow in VMware third party component sfcb
This release resolves an integer overflow issue present in the third party library SFCB when the httpMaxContentLength has been changed from its default value to 0 in in /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg. The integer overflow could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-2054 to this issue.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* 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.

VMware vCenter Server 4.1
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vCenter Server 4.1 Update 2
The download for vCenter Server includes vSphere Update Manager.

Download link:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/4_1

Release Notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx41_vc41.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vum_pubs.html

File: VMware-VIMSetup-all-4.1.0-493063.iso
md5sum: d132326846a85bfc9ebbc53defeee6e1
sha1sum: 192c3e5d2a10bbe53c025cc7eedb3133a23e0541

File: VMware-VIMSetup-all-4.1.0-493063.zip
md5sum: 7fd7b09e501bd8fde52649b395491222
sha1sum: 46dd00e7c594ac672a5d7c3c27d15be2f5a5f1f1

File: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-491557.exe
md5sum: dafd31619ae66da65115ac3900697e3a
sha1sum: 98be4d349c9a655621c068d105593be4a8e542ef

VMware vCenter Server 4.0
---------------------------
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 4
The download for vCenter Server includes vSphere Update Manager.

Download link:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/4_0

Release Notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx40_vc40.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vum_pubs.html

File: VMware-VIMSetup-all-4.0.0-502539.iso
md5sum: b418ff3d394f91b418271b6b93dfd6bd
sha1sum: 56c2ec60f8b8a734a8312d9e38d5d70cd20c0927

File: VMware-VIMSetup-all-4.0.0-502539.zip
md5sum: 2acfadde1ec0cd6d37063d87246d6942
sha1sum: ea1f3a3cb178f23fc2cf49bfc1450d10e5f699f8

VMware ESXi 4.1
---------------
VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 2

Download link:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/4_1

Release Notes:
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esxi41_i_vc41.html

File: VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update02-502767.x86_64.iso
md5sum: 0aa78790a336c5fc6ba3d9807c98bfea
sha1sum: 7eebd34ab5bdc81401ae20dcf59a8f8ae22086ce

File: upgrade-from-esxi4.0-to-4.1-update02-502767.zip
md5sum: 459d9142a885854ef0fa6edd8d6a5677
sha1sum: 75978b6f0fc3b0ccc63babe6a65cfde6ec420d33

File: upgrade-from-ESXi3.5-to-4.1_update02.502767.zip
md5sum: 3047fac78a4aaa05cf9528d62fad9d73
sha1sum: dc99b6ff352ace77d5513b4c6d8a2cb7e766a09f

File: VMware-tools-linux-8.3.12-493255.iso
md5sum: 63028f2bf605d26798ac24525a0e6208
sha1sum: 95ca96eec7817da9d6e0c326ac44d8b050328932

File: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-491557.exe
md5sum: dafd31619ae66da65115ac3900697e3a
sha1sum: 98be4d349c9a655621c068d105593be4a8e542ef

VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 2 contains ESXi410-201110201-SG.

VMware ESX 4.1
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VMware ESX 4.1 Update 2
Download link:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/4_1

Release Notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx41_vc41.html

File: ESX-4.1.0-update02-502767.iso
md5sum: 9a2b524446cbd756f0f1c7d8d88077f8
sha1sum: 2824c0628c341357a180b3ab20eb2b7ef1bee61c

File: pre-upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1-502767.zip
md5sum: 9060ad94d9d3bad7d4fa3e4af69a41cf
sha1sum: 9b96ba630377946c42a8ce96f0b5745c56ca46b4

File: upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1-update02-502767.zip
md5sum: 4b60f36ee89db8cb7e1243aa02cdb549
sha1sum: 6b9168a1b01379dce7db9d79fd280509e16d013f

File: VMware-tools-linux-8.3.12-493255.iso
md5sum: 63028f2bf605d26798ac24525a0e6208
sha1sum: 95ca96eec7817da9d6e0c326ac44d8b050328932

File: VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-491557.exe
md5sum: dafd31619ae66da65115ac3900697e3a
sha1sum: 98be4d349c9a655621c068d105593be4a8e542ef

VMware ESX 4.1 Update 2 contains ESX410-201110204-SG,
ESX410-201110206-SG, ESX410-201110201-SG and
ESX410-201110214-SG.

VMware ESX 4.0
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File: ESX400-201203001.zip
Build: 660575
md5sum: 02B7E883E8B438B83BF5E53A1BE71AD3
sha1sum: 34734A8EDBA225A332731205EE2D6575AD9E1C88
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2011767
ESX400-201203401 contains ESX400-201203401-SG and
ESX400-201203406-SG

VMware ESX 4.0 Update 4
Release Notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx40_vc40.html

File: ESX-4.0.0-update04-504850.iso
md5sum: 1954179addb35e2bee137e91244f954b
sha1sum: ade401e1f4063d60543c8cefcc7440273dd646f0

File: update-from-esx4.0-4.0_update04.zip
md5sum: 697374569a12c55c4473247f4e55a887
sha1sum: 7daedf6736f9a771baa1f58d441b99bc9c87eedd

VMware ESX 4.0 Update 4 contains ESX400-201111201-SG.

5. References

CVE numbers

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7270
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1321
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2054
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3170
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3173
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3541
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3548
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3549
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3550
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3551
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3552
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3553
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3554
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3555
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3556
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3557
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3558
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3559
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3560
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3561
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3562
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3563
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3565
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3566
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3567
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3568
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3569
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3570
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3571
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3572
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3573
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3574
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4180
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4422
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4447
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4447
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4448
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4448
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4450
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4450
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4451
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4452
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4454
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4454
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4462
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4462
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4463
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4465
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4465
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4466
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4466
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4467
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4468
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4468
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4469
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4469
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4470
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4471
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4472
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4473
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4473
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4474
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4475
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4475
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4476
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4476
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0002
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0802
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0814
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0815
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0862
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0864
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0865
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0867
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0871
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0873

6. Change log

2011-10-27 VMSA-2011-0013
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of Update 2 for vCenter Server 4.1, vSphere Update Manager 4.1, vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 4.1 and ESX 4.1 on 2011-10-27.

2011-11-17 VMSA-2011-0013.1
Update of security advisory after the release of Update 4 for vCenter Server 4.0, vSphere Update Manager 4.0, vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 4.0 and ESX 4.0 on 2011-11-17.

2012-03-08 VSMA-2011-0013.2
Added a reference to VMSA-2012-0003 for the JRE update on vCenter Server 2.5 and ESX 3.5 released on 2012-03-08.

2012-03-29 VMSA-2011-0013.3
Updated the Relevant Releases, Problem Description, and Solution sections to document the release of ESX 4.0 patches on 2012-03-29.

7. Contact

E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
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This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

• security-announce at lists.vmware.com
• bugtraq at securityfocus.com
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