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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005113: Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29 (1005113)

Details

Release Date: 08/28/08
Document Last Updated: 10/20/08
 
5d604f2bfd90585b9c8679f5fc8c31b7


Product Versions
ESX Server 3.0.2
Patch Classification
Security
Supersedes
N/A
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required
No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required
No
PRs Fixed
281597
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
libpng
RPMs Included
VMware-esx-srvrmgmt
Related CVE numbers
CVE-2007-5269

Summary

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-1005113 , ESX-1005114 ,  and ESX-1005109 .

Solution

Symptoms

N/A  

Deployment Considerations

Before installing this patch, install ESX-1005104. This installation is due to VMPerl dependency.

Download Instructions   

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

  1. Download patch ESX-1005113 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-1005113.tgz

    The md5 checksum output should match the following:

    5d604f2bfd90585b9c8679f5fc8c31b7 ESX-1005113.tgz

  7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

    # tar -xvzf ESX-1005113.tgz

  8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1005113:

    # cd ESX-1005113  
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-1005113 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1005113 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-1005113 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.

Keywords

esxpatch;esx302

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