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VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805507-SG: Security Update to the Service Console for Kerberos 5 (1004643)

Details

Release Date: 03 JUNE 2008
Document Last Updated: 03 JUNE 2008

 

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432 KB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200805507-SG.zip
md5sum:
5d35a1c470daf13c9f4df5bdc9438748
Product Versions ESX Server 3.5
Patch Classification Security
Supersedes None
Requires ESX350-200805502-BG
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required No
PRs Fixed 253647
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software Kerberos 5
RPMs Included krb5-libs-1.2.7-68.i386.rpm
Related CVE numbers CVE-2008-0062
CVE-2008-0063
CVE-2008-0948

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch addresses the following CVEs:
  • KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference or double-free.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-0062 to this issue.

    Note: ESX doesn't contain the krb5kdc binary and is not vulnerable to this issue.

  • The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an error message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, aka "Uninitialized stack values."

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-0063 to this issue.

    Note: ESX doesn't contain the krb5kdc binary and is not vulnerable to this issue.

  • Buffer overflow in the RPC library (lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c ) used by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2, and probably other versions before 1.3, when running on systems whose unistd.h does not define the FD_SETSIZE macro, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a large number of open file descriptors.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-0948 to this issue.

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundle listed in the table, above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html 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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