VMSA-2008-0019 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2008-0019
Synopsis: VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi
resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2
Issue date: 2008-12-02
Updated on: 2008-12-02 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2008-4917 CVE-2008-1372
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1. Summary
Updated VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve
two security issues. The first is a critical memory corruption
vulnerability in virtual device hardware. The second is an updated
bzip2 package for the Service Console.
2. Relevant releases
VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier,
VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier,
VMware Player 2.0.5 and earlier,
VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier,
VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier,
VMware ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-200811401-O-SG
VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-200811406-SG and
ESX350-200811401-SG
VMware ESX 3.0.3 without patches ESX303-200811404-SG and
ESX303-200811401-BG
VMware ESX 3.0.2 without patches ESX-1006980 and ESX-1006982
NOTE: Extended support for ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 ends on 2009-08-08.
Users should plan to upgrade to ESX 3.0.3 and preferably to
the newest release available.
3. Problem Description
a. Critical Memory corruption vulnerability
A memory corruption condition may occur in the virtual machine
hardware. A malicious request sent from the guest operating
system to the virtual hardware may cause the virtual hardware to
write to uncontrolled physical memory.
VMware would like to thank Andrew Honig of the Department of
Defense for reporting this issue.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-4917 to this issue.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
Workstation 6.5.x any not affected
Workstation 6.0.x any 6.5.0 build 118166 or later
Workstation 5.x any 5.5.9 build 126128 or later
Player 2.5.x any not affected
Player 2.0.x any 2.5.0 build 118166 or later
Player 1.x any 1.0.9 build 126128 or later
ACE 2.5.x Windows not affected
ACE 2.0.x Windows 2.5.0 build 118166 or later
ACE 1.x Windows 1.0.8 build 125922 or later
Server 2.x any not affected
Server 1.x any 1.0.8 build 126538 or later
Fusion 2.x Mac OS/X not affected
Fusion 1.x Mac OS/X upgrade to Fusion 2.0 or later
ESXi 3.5 ESXi ESXe350-200811401-O-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-200811401-SG
ESX 3.0.3 ESX ESX303-200811401-BG
ESX 3.0.2 ESX ESX-1006980
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
b. Updated Service Console package bzip2
bzip2 versions before 1.0.5 can crash if certain flaws in compressed
data lead to reading beyond the end of a buffer. This might cause
an application linked to the libbz2 library to crash when
decompressing malformed archives.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-1372 to this issue.
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
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi 3.5 ESXi not affected
ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-200811406-SG
ESX 3.0.3 ESX ESX303-200811404-SG
ESX 3.0.2 ESX ESX-1006982
ESX 2.5.5 ESX affected, patch pending
* 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.
VMware Workstation 5.5.9
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http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ws5.html
Release notes:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
Windows binary:
md5sum: 509c7b323a8ac42c0a92b0a1446bb0f8
Compressed Tar archive for 32-bit Linux
md5sum: 9d189e72f8111e44b27f1ee92edf265e
Linux RPM version for 32-bit Linux
md5sum: 0957c5258d033d0107517df64bfea240
VMware Player 1.0.9
-----------------------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
Release notes Player 1.x:
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
Windows binary
md5sum: e2c8dd7b27df7d348f14f69de017b93f
Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.rpm)
md5sum: 471c3881fa60b058b1dac1d3c9c32c85
Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.tar)
md5sum: bef507811698e7333f5e8cb672530dbf
VMware Server 1.0.8
-------------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
Release notes:
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
VMware Server for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
md5sum: 4ba41e5fa192f786121a7395ebaa8d7c
VMware Server Windows client package
md5sum: f25746e275ca00f28d44ad372fc92536
VMware Server for Linux
md5sum: a476d3953ab1ff8457735e692fa5edf9
VMware Server for Linux rpm
md5sum: af6890506618fa82928fbfba8a5f97e1
Management Interface
md5sum: 5982b84a39479cabce63e12ab664d369
VMware Server Linux client package
md5sum: 605d7db48f63211cc3f5ddb2b3f915a6
ESXi
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ESXi 3.5 patch ESXe350-200811401-O-SG
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESXe350-200811401-O-SG.zip
md5sum: e895c8cb0d32b722d7820d0214416092
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007507
NOTE: The three ESXi patches for Firmware "I", VMware Tools "T," and
the VI Client "C" are contained in a single offline "O"
download file.
ESX
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ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200811401-SG (memory corruption)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200811401-SG.zip
md5sum: 988042ce20ce2381216fbe1862c3e66d
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007501
ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200811406-SG (bzip2)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200811406-SG.zip
md5sum: 285ec405ac34a196cbb796922e22cca2
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504
ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200811401-BG (memory corruption)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200811401-BG.zip
md5sum: 26bf687a3483951d1f14ab66edf1d196
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986
ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200811404-SG (bzip2)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200811404-SG.zip
md5sum: 2707e4a599867b0444e85a75a471ed4f
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198
ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006980 (memory corruption)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006980.tgz
md5sum: 5e73f1585fea3ee770b2df2b94e73ca4
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980
ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006982 (bzip2)
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006982.tgz
md5sum: 4921cf542b5979bd0eef7f2c15683b71
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982
5. References
CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4917
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372
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6. Change log
2008-12-02 VMSA-2008-0019
Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESXi, ESX 3.5,
ESX 3.0.3, ESX 3.0.2. Updated hosted products were previously released
on 2008-11-06.
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7. Contact
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Copyright 2008 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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