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ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003350: Fix for aacraid SCSI Driver Security Issue

Details

Release Date: 02/20/08
Document Last Updated: 02/20/08
 
 
Product Versions ESX Server 3.0.1
Patch Classification Security
Supersedes None
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required Yes
ESX Server Host Reboot Required Yes
PRs Fixed 217389
Affected Hardware Platforms with controllers that require the use of the aacraid driver
Affected Software Unknown
RPMs Included VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid_esx30, kernel-vmnix
Related CVE numbers CVE-2007-4308

Summary

This patch fixes an issue where the aacraid SCSI driver does not check IOCTL command permissions. This flaw might allow a local user on the service console to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
 
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-4308 to this issue.

Solution

Symptoms

There are no symptoms available for this security issue.

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1.      Download patch ESX-1003350 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-1003350.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

490e042c9a726480fe3d3cbc6b4fae5a ESX-1003350.tgz

7.      Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1003350.tgz

8.      Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1003350:

# cd ESX-1003350

Installation Instructions

Note: All virtual machines on the host must be either shut down or migrated using VMotion before applying the patch.  A reboot of the ESX Server host is required after applying this patch.

 

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-1003350 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1003350 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-1003350 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 .

Keywords

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  • KB Article: 1003350
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x