VMSA-2012-0012.2

VMware ESXi update to third party library

1. Summary

VMware ESXi update addresses several security issues.

2. Relevant releases

ESX 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201207101-SG

ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201208101-SG

ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201209401-SG

3. Problem Description

a. ESXi update to third party component libxml2
The libxml2 third party library has been updated which addresses multiple 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 and CVE-2012-0841 to these issues.

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

Note: "patch pending" means that the product is affected, but no patch is currently available. The advisory will be updated when a patch is available.

4. Solution

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
ESXi
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http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-download

ESXi 5.0
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http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-download
ESXi500-201207001
md5sum: 01196c5c1635756ff177c262cb69a848
sha1sum: 85936f5439100cd5fb55c7add574b5b3b937fe86
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2019107

ESXi500-201207001 contains ESXi500-201207101-SG

ESXi 4.1
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File: update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update03.zip
md5sum: b35267e3c96a8ebd2e3acac09538cdf5
sha1sum: 2b2d456e89964528f25c01ae5d84edbd2bbcdefb
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2020373 update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update03 contains ESXi410-201208101-SG

ESXi 4.0
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File: ESXi400-201209001
md5sum: 8ea463e3814f147ab0889a733e66b9f0
sha1sum: f9526a0936975fa4b7cbdf588cd4c119d95973c9
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2019662
ESXi400-201209001 contains ESXi400-201209401-SG

5. References

CVE numbers
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-2011-3905
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3919
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0841

6. Change log

2012-07-12 VMSA-2012-0012 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of a patch for ESXi 5.0 on 2012-07-12.

2012-08-30 VMSA-2012-0012.1 Updated Relevant Releases, Problem Description, and Solution sections to include information regarding updates for ESXi in conjunction with the release of vSphere 4.1 U3 on 2012-08-30.

2012-09-13 VMSA-2012-0012.2 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. Removed CVE-2010-4494 and CVE-2011-2821 since these CVEs are not relevant to ESXi.

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
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