Date: 05 March 2010
References: ESB-2009.1121.2 ASB-2009.1114 ESB-2009.1493
Related Files:
ESB-2010.0011
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0011.2
ESX Service Console updates for nss and nspr
5 March 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ESX 4.0
vMA 4.0
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: VMWare ESX Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-3382 CVE-2009-3380 CVE-2009-3376
CVE-2009-3375 CVE-2009-3374 CVE-2009-3373
CVE-2009-3372 CVE-2009-3370 CVE-2009-3274
CVE-2009-2409 CVE-2009-2408 CVE-2009-2404
CVE-2009-1563
Reference: ASB-2009.1114
ESB-2009.1493
ESB-2009.1121.2
Revision History: March 5 2010: VMware updated stating: "Updated advisory after release of vMA Patch 3 on 2010-02-25"
January 8 2010: Initial Release
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0001.1
Synopsis: ESX Service Console and vMA updates for nss and nspr
Issue date: 2010-03-03
Updated on: 2010-01-06 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2009-2409 CVE-2009-2408 CVE-2009-2404
CVE-2009-1563 CVE-2009-3274 CVE-2009-3370
CVE-2009-3372 CVE-2009-3373 CVE-2009-3374
CVE-2009-3375 CVE-2009-3376 CVE-2009-3380
CVE-2009-3382
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1. Summary
Update for Service Console and vMA for nss and nspr packages.
2. Relevant releases
VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-200912403-SG
vMA without Patch 3
3. Problem Description
a. Update for Service Console packages nss and nspr
Service console packages for Network Security Services (NSS) and
NetScape Portable Runtime (NSPR) are updated to versions
nss-3.12.3.99.3-1.2157 and nspr-4.7.6-1.2213 respectively. This
patch fixes several security issues in the service console
packages for NSS and NSPR.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the names CVE-2009-2409, CVE-2009-2408, CVE-2009-2404,
CVE-2009-1563, CVE-2009-3274, CVE-2009-3370, CVE-2009-3372,
CVE-2009-3373, CVE-2009-3374, CVE-2009-3375, CVE-2009-3376,
CVE-2009-3380, and CVE-2009-3382 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
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VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX ESX400-200912403-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.2 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* 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
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ESX400-200912403-SG
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-181-20091231-153
046/ESX400-200912001.zip
md5sum: 78c6cf139b7941dc736c9d3a41deae77
sha1sum: 36df3a675fbd3c8c8830f00637e37ee716bdac59
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016293
To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option.
esxupdate --bundle=ESX400-200912001.zip -b ESX400-200912403-SG
update
vMA 4.0
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To update VIMA
1 Log in to VIMA as vi-admin.
2 type 'sudo /usr/sbin/vima-update update' this will apply all
currently available updates. See http://tinyurl.com/yfekgrx
for more information.
5. References
CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2409
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2408
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2404
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1563
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3274
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3370
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3372
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3373
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3374
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3375
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3376
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3380
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3382
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6. Change log
2010-01-06 VMSA-2010-0001
Initial security advisory after release of patch ESX400-200912403-SG
for ESX 4.0 on 2010-01-06.
2010-03-03 VMSA-2010-0001.1
Updated advisory after release of vMA Patch 3 on 2010-02-25.
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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. All rights reserved.
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