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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004722: Service Console Security Update for Cyrus SASL

Details

Release Date: 06/03/08
Document Last Updated: 06/03/08
 
99dc71aed5bab7711f573b6d322123d6
Product Versions
ESX Server 3.0.2
Patch Classification
Security
Supersedes
None
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required
No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required
No
PRs Fixed
255475
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
Unknown
RPMs Included
cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-15, cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-15
Related CVE numbers
CVE-2006-1721

Summary

The updated Cyrus SASL package for the ESX Server service console corrects a security issue found in the DIGEST-MD5 authentication mechanism of Cyrus' implementation of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). As a result of this issue in the authentication mechanism, a remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service error on the server.
 
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2006-1721 to this issue.

Solution

Symptoms

No symptoms are available for this issue.

Deployment Considerations

N/A 

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1.      Download patch ESX-1004722 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html .
 
2.      Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
 

3.      Create a local depot directory.

# mkdir -p /var/updates

Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.

4.      Change your working directory to /var/updates.

# cd /var/updates

5.      Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
 
6.      Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file:
 
# md5sum ESX-1004722.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

99dc71aed5bab7711f573b6d322123d6 ESX-1004722.tgz
 

7.      Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1004722.tgz

8.      Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1004722:

# cd ESX-1004722

Installation Instructions

After you download and extract the archive, and if you are in the directory that you previously created, use the following command to install the update:

# esxupdate update

To run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-1004722 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1004722 update

During the update process, logs appear on the terminal. You can specify the verbosity of esxupdate logs by using the -v option as shown below.

# esxupdate -v 10 file://<directory>/ESX-1004722 update

For more information how to use esxupdate, see the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf . 

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  • KB Article: 1004722
  • Updated: Jun 3, 2008
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x