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ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003521: Security Updates to the libxml2 Utility

Details

Release Date: 04/10/08

Document Last Updated: 04/10/08

Download Size:
1.2 MB
Download Filename:
ESX-1003521.tgz
md5sum:

54ac44402252128042c8325c4c1b63b2

Product Versions	ESX Server 3.0.1
Patch Classification	Security
Supersedes	None
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required	No
PRs Fixed	236399
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	libxml2
RPMs Included	libxml2-2.5.10-7, libxml2-python-2.5.10-7
Related CVE numbers	CVE-2007-6284

Summary

This patch provides updates to the libxml2 utility for service console. The patch fixes the following security issue:

The libxml2 package provides a library to manipulate XML files. The package includes support to read, modify, and write XML files. A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processes certain content. If an application that is linked against libxml2 processes malformed XML content, the XML content might cause the application to stop responding.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-6284 to this issue.

Solution

Symptoms

There are no symptoms for this security issue.

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-1003521 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-1003521.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

54ac44402252128042c8325c4c1b63b2 ESX-1003521.tgz

7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1003521.tgz

8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1003521:

# cd ESX-1003521

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-1003521 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1003521 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-1003521 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

esxpatch;esx301;alertz;urlz

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KB Article: 1003521
Updated: Aug 14, 2009

Products:
VMware ESX
Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.0.x

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