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VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901409-SG: Security Update for SNMP in the Service Console

Details

Release Date: Jan. 30, 2009

Download Size:
2.18MB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200901409-SG.zip
md5sum:
2c75cd848d9f3c51619b9a7bd60d20a3


Product Versions ESX 3.5
Patch Classification Security
Supersedes ESX350-200808405-SG
Requires ESX350-200803214-UG
ESX350-200901402-SG
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required No
Host Reboot Required No
PRs Fixed 345332
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software N/A
RPMs Included net-snmp
net-snmp-libs
net-snmp-utils
Build N/A
Related CVE numbers CVE-2008-4309

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

net-snmp is an implementation of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is used by network management systems to monitor hosts.

A denial-of-service flaw was found in the way Net-SNMP processes SNMP GETBULK requests. A remote attacker who issued a specially-crafted request could cause the snmpd server to crash.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4309 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 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://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: 1006659
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.5.x