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VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808406-SG: Service Console Security Update to BIND

Details

Release Date: 08/28/08
Document Last Updated: 08/28/08
 
Product Versions ESX Server 3.0.3
Patch Classification Security
Supersedes None
Requires
None
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required No
PRs Fixed 302195
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software BIND
RPMs Included bind-libs-9.2.4-22.el3, bind-utils-9.2.4-22.el3
Related CVE numbers CVE-2008-1447

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms  

This update upgrades the service console rpms for bind-utils and bind-lib to version 9.2.4-22.el3.
 
Version 9.2.4.-22.el3 addresses the recently discovered vulnerability in the BIND software used for Domain Name resolution (DNS). VMware doesn't install all the BIND packages on ESX Server and is not vulnerable by default to the reported vulnerability. Of the BIND packages, VMware only ships bind-util and bind-lib in the service console and these components by themselves cannot be used to setup a DNS server. Bind-lib and bind-util are used in client DNS applications like nsupdate, nslookup, etc.
 
VMware explicitly discourages installing applications like BIND on the service console. In case the customer has installed BIND, and the DNS server is configured to support recursive queries, their ESX Server system is affected and they should replace BIND with a patched version.
 
Note: ESX Server will use the DNS server on the network it is on, so it is important to patch that DNS server.
 
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2008-1447 to this issue. 

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table, above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using VMware Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts when not using VMware Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/  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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  • KB Article: 1006357
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x