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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006360: Security Updates to Web Access Components Tomcat and JRE (1006360)

Details

Release Date: 08/28/08

Document Last Updated: 08/28/08

Download Size:
50 MB
Download Filename:
ESX-1006360.tgz
md5sum:

5d2d629b6c4b1894571742569ae2e2da

Product Versions	ESX Server 3.0.2
Patch Classification	Security
Supersedes	ESX-1002434
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required	No
PRs Fixed	253684, 253957
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	WebAccess Components - Tomcat and JRE
RPMs Included	VMware-webCenter-esx
Related CVE numbers	N/A

Summary

This patch fixes the following issues:

Web Access component Apache Tomcat updated to version 5.5.26.

The currently installed version of Tomcat depends on your patch deployment history.

For more information about security issues fixed in version 5.5.26 and in earlier versions and their CVE identifiers, see the Apache Tomcat 5.x Vulnerabilities page at http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html .

Web Access component JRE updated to version 1.5.0_15.

The currently installed version of JRE depends on your patch deployment history.

For more information about security issues fixed in version 1.5.0_15 and in earlier versions, see the JRE release notes at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html .

The following advisories by Secunia list the CVE identifiers related to the fixed security issues in JRE 1.5.0_12, JRE 1.5.0_13, JRE 1.5.0_14, and JRE 1.5.0_15:
o http://secunia.com/advisories/29239
o http://secunia.com/advisories/28795
o http://secunia.com/advisories/27320
o http://secunia.com/advisories/27009

Solution

Symptoms

N/A

Deployment Considerations

To restart Web Access:

Log in to the service console as root.
Run the command:
service vmware-webAccess restart

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

Download patch ESX-1006360 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html.
Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
Create a local depot directory.

# mkdir -p /var/updatesNote: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.
Change your working directory to /var/updates.

# cd /var/updates
Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file:

# md5sum ESX-1006360.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

5d2d629b6c4b1894571742569ae2e2da ESX-1006360.tgz
Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1006360.tgz
Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1006360:

# cd ESX-1006360

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-1006360 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1006360 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-1006360 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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