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VMware ESXi 4.1, Patch ESXi410-201208101-SG: Updates the VMware ESXi 4.1 Firmware (2020743)

Details

Product Version
ESXi 4.1 Update 3
Patch Classification
 Security
Build Information
For build information, see KB 2020373.
Host Reboot Required
Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required
Yes
PRs Fixed
825818, 861618, 870960
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
N/A
VIBs Included
vmware-esx-firmware
Related CVE numbers
CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2010-4252, CVE-2011-0014, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944, CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2011-4109, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4619, CVE-2012-0050, and CVE-2012-0841

Solution

This patch resolves the following security issues:

  • PR 825818: The libxml2 library is updated to resolve multiple security issues in ESXi.
    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944, CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919, and CVE-2012-0841 to these issues.


  • PR 861618: The ESXi userworld OpenSSL library is updated from version 0.9.8p to version 0.9.8t to resolve multiple security issues.
    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2010-4252, CVE-2011-0014, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2011-4109, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4619, and CVE-2012-0050 to these issues.


  • PR 870960: When you enable BPDU guard on the physical switch port, BPDU frames sent from the bridged virtual NIC cause the physical uplink to get disabled and as a result, the uplink goes down.

    Note: Identify the host, which sent out the BPDU packets and set esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /Net/BlockGuestBPDU on that host. This filters out and blocks BPDU packets from the guest. The virtual machines with the bridged virtual NICs should be powered on only after this filter is turned on for the filter to take effect.


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