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VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808403-SG: VCB Fails Due to Disk Lease Timeout; Enabling Root Password Expiry; VirtualCenter 2.5 Displays an Error When a Virtual Machine is Powered on; Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29

Details

Release Date: 08/28/08
Document Last Updated: 08/28/08
 
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Product Versions ESX Server 3.0.3
Patch Classification Security
Supersedes None
Requires
None
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required No
PRs Fixed 222153, 295985, 237629, 281597
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software VCB, VirtualCenter 2.5
RPMs Included VMware-esx-hostd
Related CVE numbers CVE-2007-5269

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

Issues fixed in this patch (and their relevant symptoms, if applicable) include:
 
This patch fixes the following issues
  • During snapshot or backup procedures, VMware Consolidated Backup periodically requests ESX Server host of disk lease extension, which might be delayed due to network conditions and the increased load on VMware VirtualCenter. This fix increases the disk lease timeout on ESX Server host and VirtualCenter.

          Symptoms:  VCB backup fails with an error message:

     [2007-09-16 02:40:05.003 'App' 7856 verbose] ============BEGIN FAILED METHOD CALL DUMP============[2007-09-16 02:40:05.206 'App' 7856 verbose] Invoking [release] on     
     [vim.host.DiskManager.Lease:session[2A289BC0-8BB6-4044-81E3-EDF646675445]EA4E00F9-0EC2-4511-889F-76BD450915CE] [2007-09-16 02:40:05.206 'App' 7856 verbose] Fault Msg: "The  
     request refers to an object that no longer exists or has never existed." [2007-09-16 02:40:05.206 'App' 7856 verbose] =============END FAILED METHOD CALL DUMP=============[2007-
     09-16 02:40:05.253 'BlockList' 7856 error] The managed object of type "vim.host.DiskManager.Lease" identified by the MoRef "session[2A289BC0-8BB6-4044-81E3-EDF646675445]EA4E00F9-
     0EC2-4511-889F-76BD450915CE" could not be found.
  • Previously, the root password expiry information was not preserved across hostd restarts. A new tag called rootPasswdExpiration is added to the /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml file. If this rootPasswdExpiration tag is set to true , then the number of days to expiry will be preserved across hostd restarts. 
        After setting the rootPasswdExpiration tag in the /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml file as True , run the following command:     
     chage –M <X> root 
      Here, X is the number of days till expiration. 
 
          Example: chage -M <60> root indicates the root password will expire after 60 days
          Note: As the default value of rootPasswdExpiration tag is set as False , this fix will not impact customers who do not want the root password to expire.
  • VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 displays an error message when a virtual machine is powered on with a passthrough attached SCSI Tape device. 
        Symptoms: VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 displays a Device 'SCSI Device 1' has a backing type that is not supported. This is a general limitation of the host error message when a virtual machine  
        is powered on with a passthrough attached SCSI Tape device.
  • Several flaws were discovered in the way third party library libpng handled various PNG image chunks. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PNG image file in such a way that it causes an application linked with libpng to crash when the file is manipulated.  T he Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-5269 to the security issue fixed in this update.
Deployment Considerations

To address the libpng issue , install ESX303-200808404-SG.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using VMware Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts when not using VMware Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/  and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide .

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  • KB Article: 1006034
  • Updated: Aug 28, 2008
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
    VMware Consolidated Backup
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x