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ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8253547: GCC Security Update

Details

Release Date: 9/6/07
Last Updated: 9/7/07
 
 
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Download Size:
7.76 MB
Download Filename:
ESX-8253547.tgz
md5sum:
90702b54fb6197a6680f141ad8c435fa
Product Versions ESX Server 3.0.1
Patch Classification Security
Superceded By None
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required No
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software Third-party patch management or custom patch management scripts might be affected.
RPMs Updated cpp-3.2.3-59.i386.rpm, gcc-3.2.3-59.i386.rpm, libgcc-3.2.3-59.i386.rpm, libstdc++-3.2.3-59.i386.rpm, binutils-2.14.90.0.4-42.i386.rpm
Related CVE numbers CVE-2006-3619

Summary

This patch provides security fixes for the service console GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) packages that include C, C++, Java, Fortran 77, Objective C, and Ada 95 GNU compilers and related support libraries. A flaw was found in the fastjar utility that could potentially allow a malicious user to create a JAR file which, if unpacked using fastjar, could write to any file that an authorized user had write access to.

Thanks to Jürgen Weigert for identifying this issue.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2006-3619 to this security issue.

Solution

Symptoms

There are no symptoms available for the security fixes.

Impact

This patch resolves the security issue described above.

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

  1. Download patch ESX-8253547 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html.
  2. Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
  3. Create a local depot directory.

    # mkdir -p /var/updates

    Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.

  4. Change your working directory to /var/updates.

    # cd /var/updates

  5. Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
  6. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file:

    # md5sum ESX-8253547.tgz

    The md5 checksum output should match the following:

    90702b54fb6197a6680f141ad8c435fa ESX-8253547.tgz

  7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

    # tar -xvzf ESX-8253547.tgz

  8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-8253547:

    # cd ESX-8253547

Installation Instructions

After you have downloaded and extracted the archive, and if you are in the directory you created above, install the update using the following command:

# esxupdate update

To run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-8253547 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-8253547 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-8253547 update

For more information on using esxupdate, refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.

Keywords

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  • KB Article: 8253547
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x