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VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903228-UG: Updates Net-SNMP (1008095)

Details

Release Date: March 30, 2009

 

Download Size:
2.2MB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200903228-UG.zip
md5sum:
b04beb33f5af88c5c44bc5ab4d3a993c
Product Versions ESX 3.5 Update 4
Build 153875
Also see KB 1001179.
Patch Classification Update
Supersedes
ESX350-200808405-SG
ESX350-200901409-SG
Requires
ESX350-200803214-UG
ESX350-200903202-UG
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required
  
Host Reboot Required No
PRs Fixed 345054 345332
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software N/A
RPMs Included net-snmp
net-snmp-libs
net-snmp-utils
Related CVE numbers CVE-2008-4309

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch includes the January 30, 2009 patch fix for ESX 3.5 U4, which is described as follows.

Security Update to SNMP in the Service Console

This patch updates the service console to resolve the following security issue:

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://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html 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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