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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005109: Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29; LVM Allows the Same Extent to be Added Twice to a Volume; Virtual Machines Might Stop Responding; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x

Details

Release Date: 08/28/08
Document Last Updated: 08/28/08
 
456d74d94317f852024aed5d3852be09
Product Versions
ESX Server 3.0.2
Patch Classification
Security
Supersedes
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required
Yes
ESX Server Host Reboot Required
Yes
PRs Fixed
254388, 273899, 238299, 281597, 301905, 169339, 252374
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
VMware Tools, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 Beta, libpng
RPMs Included
VMware-esx-vmx, VMware-esx-vmkernel, VMware-esx-apps
Related CVE numbers
CVE-2007-5269

Summary   

This patch fixes the following issues:

  • Suspend and resume operations on virtual machines might cause the virtual machines to stop responding.

  • When users upgrade from GA to patch installations of ESX Server 3.0.x, the VMware Tools package is not upgraded.

  • During a VMotion, the destination virtual machine might stop responding when data is not received from source machine. To complete the fix, install ESX-1005109 and ESX-1005110.

  • 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. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-5269 to the security issue fixed in this update. To complete the fix, install ESX-1005109, ESX-1005113, and ESX-1005114.

  • Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 Beta guest operating system in graphical mode on a virtual machine fails due to any movement of the mouse cursor.

  • One ESX Server host can add the same extent more than once to a volume created by another ESX Server host.

Solution

Symptoms

The following symptoms might occur without this patch:
  • Panic and unrecoverable error messages might be logged in the /vmware/log file during suspend and resume operations on virtual machines.
  • During a VMware Tools upgrade, older files are not replaced.
  • Virtual machine core dumps are generated in the virtual machine's directory on the VMFS volume during VMotion.
  • When installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 Beta guest operating system in graphical mode on a virtual machine, moving mouse cursor causes error messages and the installation fails.
Deployment Considerations
 
To address the libpng issue, you must install ESX-1005109 , ESX-1005113 , and ESX-1005114  to complete the fix. To address the GA upgrade to patch installations issue, you must install  ESX-1005109  and ESX-1005110 to complete the fix.

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

  1. Download patch ESX-1005109 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-1005109.tgz

    The md5 checksum output should match the following:

    456d74d94317f852024aed5d3852be09 ESX-1005109.tgz
  7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

    # tar -xvzf ESX-1005109.tgz
  8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1005109:

    # cd ESX-1005109

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-1005109 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1005109 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-1005109 update

For more information on 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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  • KB Article: 1005109
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
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  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x