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VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912402-SG: Updates OpenSSL

Details

Release Date: January 5, 2010

Download Size:
473.5MB
Download Filename:
ESX400-200912001.zip
md5sum:
78c6cf139b7941dc736c9d3a41deae77

sha1sum:
36df3a675fbd3c8c8830f00637e37ee716bdac59

Product Versions	ESX 4.0
Build	219382 Also see KB 1012514.
Patch Classification	Security
Host Reboot Required	No
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	No
PRs Fixed	463923
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
Modified VIBs Included	openssl097a
Related CVE numbers	CVE-2008-5077

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

Service console package for OpenSSL is updated to version openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1. The functions inside OpenSSL incorrectly check the result after calling the EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows a malformed signature to be accepted as valid rather than as an error. This issue affects the signature checks on DSA and ECDSA keys used with SSL/TLS.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-5077 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 vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX 4.0 hosts.

To update ESX 4.0 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the patch zip file from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bulletin using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide.

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