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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003523: Security Updates to the e2fsprogs Package (1003523)

Details

Release Date: 04/10/08
Document Last Updated: 04/10/08
 
13cf97c1b44449658ad1057b2c1bfbab

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
229129
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
e2fsprogs
RPMs Included
e2fsprogs-1.32-15.4
Related CVE numbers
CVE-2007-5497
 
Summary
 
Service console update for the e2fsprogs package to address multiple integer overflow flaws. Thanks to Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee Avert Research for identifying and reporting this issue.
 
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-5497 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-1003523 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-1003523.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

13cf97c1b44449658ad1057b2c1bfbab ESX-1003523.tgz
 

7.      Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1003523.tgz

8.      Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1003523:

# cd ESX-1003523

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-1003523 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1003523 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-1003523 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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