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[Full-disclosure] VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1

From: VMware Security team <security_at_nospam>
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 01:56:48 GMT
To: security-announce@lists.vmware.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk


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Advisory ID: VMSA-2008-0002 Synopsis: Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 Issue date: 2008-01-07 Updated on: 2008-01-07 CVE numbers: CVE-2005-2090 CVE-2006-7195 CVE-2007-0450 CVE-2007-3004 - -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1. Summary:

   Updated Tomcat and Java JRE packages for VirtualCenter 2.0.2, ESX    Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1.

2. Relevant releases:

   VirtualCenter Management Server 2
   ESX Server 3.0.2 without patch ESX-1002434    ESX Server 3.0.1 without patch ESX-1003176

3. Problem description:

   Updated VirtualCenter fixes the following application vulnerabilities

   Tomcat Server Security Update
   This release of VirtualCenter Server updates the Tomcat Server    package from 5.5.17 to 5.5.25, which addresses multiple security    issues that existed in the earlier releases of Tomcat Server.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has    assigned the names CVE-2005-2090, CVE-2006-7195, and CVE-2007-0450 to    these issues.

   JRE Security Update
   This release of VirtualCenter Server updates the JRE package from    1.5.0_7 to 1.5.0_12, which addresses a security issue that existed in    the earlier release of JRE.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has    assigned the name CVE-2007-3004 to this issue.

   NOTE: These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely only if the

         attacker has access to the service console network. Security best practices provided by VMware recommend that the service console be isolated from the VM network. Please see http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/726 for more information on VMware security best practices.

4. Solution:

Please review the Patch notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file.

   VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 Release Notes    http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_vc202u2.html

   VirtualCenter CD image
   md5sum d7d98a5d7f8afff32cee848f860d3ba7

   VirtualCenter as Zip
   md5sum 3b42ec350121659e10352ca2d76e212b

   ESX Server 3.0.2
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002434
   md5sum: 2f52251f6ace3d50934344ef313539d5

   ESX Server 3.0.1
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003176
   md5sum: 5674ca0dcfac90726014cc316444996e

5. References:

  CVE numbers http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2090 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7195 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0450 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3004 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. 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@lists.vmware.com
  • bugtraq@securityfocus.com
  • full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk

E-mail: security@vmware.com

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