Date: 18 September 2012
References: ASB-2011.0092
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.0265.2
VMware VirtualCenter Update and ESX 3.5 patch update JRE
18 September 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: VMware VirtualCenter
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: Windows
VMWare ESX Server
Impact/Access: Reduced Security -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-3561 CVE-2011-3560 CVE-2011-3558
CVE-2011-3557 CVE-2011-3556 CVE-2011-3555
CVE-2011-3554 CVE-2011-3553 CVE-2011-3552
CVE-2011-3551 CVE-2011-3550 CVE-2011-3549
CVE-2011-3548 CVE-2011-3547 CVE-2011-3546
CVE-2011-3545 CVE-2011-3544 CVE-2011-3521
CVE-2011-3516 CVE-2011-3389
Reference: ASB-2011.0092
Original Bulletin:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0003.html
Comment: Only some of the patches have been released.
Revision History: September 18 2012: Updated security advisory in conjunction with the release of vSphere 4.0 U4a on 2012-09-12 and ESX 4.0 patches
March 12 2012: Initial Release
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0003.1
Synopsis: VMware VirtualCenter Update and ESX 3.5 patch update JRE
Issue date: 2012-03-08
Updated on: 2012-09-13
CVE numbers: See references
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1. Summary
VMware VirtualCenter Update 6b and ESX 3.5 patch update JRE.
2. Relevant releases
VirtualCenter 2.5 previous to Update 6b
ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203401-SG
3. Problem Description
a. VirtualCenter and ESX, Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.5.0_32
Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.5.0_32, which addresses
multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle
(Sun) JRE.
Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in
JRE 1.5.0_32 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of
October 2011.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
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vCenter 5.0 Windows not applicable **
vCenter 4.1 Windows not applicable **
vCenter 4.0 Windows see VMSA-2012-0013
VirtualCenter 2.5 Windows VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6b
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.1 ESX not applicable **
ESX 4.0 ESX see VMSA-2012-0013
ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-201203401-SG
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.
** this product uses the Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0 family
4. Solution
VMware Virtual Center 2.5 Update 6b
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Version 2.5 Update 6b
Build Number 598800
Release Date 2012/03/08
Type Product Binaries
http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VC250U6B
vCenter Server DVD image - English only version
File type: iso
MD5SUM: 085f7bddd2adf2c4ba5bd066271e2b06
SHA1SUM: 019ff0a67d150d0a3dbdac53bfde0b0eb69f9bfd
vCenter Server as a Zip file - English only version
File type: zip
MD5SUM: ee15ae73a66dd9dbc27fada476656aeb
SHA1SUM: a5c25d114d42f1aae11d7c741587cf57caff72a3
VMware vCenter Converter BootCD for vCenter Server
File type: .zip
Version: 4.0.3
MD5SUM: e49e0ff0f2563196cc5d4b5c471cd666
VMware vCenter Converter CLI for Linux platform
File type: .tar.gz
Version: 4.0.3
MD5SUM: 30d1f5e58a6cad8dacd988908305bc1c
ESX 3.5
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ESX350-201203401-BG
http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-download
md5sum: 07743c471ce46de825c36c2277ccd500
sha1sum: cb77e6f820e1015311bf2386b240fd84f0ad04dd
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2009155
5. References
Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of October 2011
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.htm
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6. Change log
2012-03-08 VMSA-2012-0003
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of
VirtualCenter Update 6b and patches for ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 on
2012-03-08.
2012-09-12 VMSA-2012-0003.1
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.
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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 Advisories
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories
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 2012 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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