VMSA-2008-0019 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2

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               VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2008-0019
Synopsis: VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi
resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2
Issue date: 2008-12-02
Updated on: 2008-12-02 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2008-4917 CVE-2008-1372

1. Summary

   Updated VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve
   two security issues. The first is a critical memory corruption
   vulnerability in virtual device hardware. The second is an updated
   bzip2 package for the Service Console.

2. Relevant releases

   VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier,
   VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier,
   VMware Player 2.0.5 and earlier,
   VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier,
   VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier,

   VMware ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-200811401-O-SG

   VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-200811406-SG and
   ESX350-200811401-SG

   VMware ESX 3.0.3 without patches ESX303-200811404-SG and
   ESX303-200811401-BG

   VMware ESX 3.0.2 without patches ESX-1006980 and ESX-1006982

   NOTE: Extended support for ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 ends on 2009-08-08.
   Users should plan to upgrade to ESX 3.0.3 and preferably to
   the newest release available.

3. Problem Description

a. Critical Memory corruption vulnerability

A memory corruption condition may occur in the virtual machine
hardware. A malicious request sent from the guest operating
system to the virtual hardware may cause the virtual hardware to
write to uncontrolled physical memory.

VMware would like to thank Andrew Honig of the Department of
Defense for reporting this issue.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-4917 to this issue.

The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.

VMware         Product   Running  Replace with/
Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
=============  ========  =======  =================
VirtualCenter  any       Windows  not affected

Workstation    6.5.x     any      not affected
Workstation    6.0.x     any      6.5.0 build 118166 or later
Workstation    5.x       any      5.5.9 build 126128 or later

Player         2.5.x     any      not affected
Player         2.0.x     any      2.5.0 build 118166 or later
Player         1.x       any      1.0.9 build 126128 or later

ACE            2.5.x     Windows  not affected
ACE            2.0.x     Windows  2.5.0 build 118166 or later
ACE            1.x       Windows  1.0.8 build 125922 or later

Server         2.x       any      not affected
Server         1.x       any      1.0.8 build 126538 or later

Fusion         2.x       Mac OS/X not affected
Fusion         1.x       Mac OS/X upgrade to Fusion 2.0 or later

ESXi           3.5       ESXi     ESXe350-200811401-O-SG

ESX            3.5       ESX      ESX350-200811401-SG
ESX            3.0.3     ESX      ESX303-200811401-BG
ESX            3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1006980
ESX            2.5.5     ESX      not affected

b. Updated Service Console package bzip2

bzip2 versions before 1.0.5 can crash if certain flaws in compressed
data lead to reading beyond the end of a buffer.  This might cause
an application linked to the libbz2 library to crash when
decompressing malformed archives.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-1372 to this issue.

The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.

VMware         Product   Running  Replace with/
Product        Version   on       Apply Patch
=============  ========  =======  =================
VirtualCenter  any       Windows  not affected

hosted *       any       any      not affected

ESXi           3.5       ESXi     not affected

ESX            3.5       ESX      ESX350-200811406-SG
ESX            3.0.3     ESX      ESX303-200811404-SG
ESX            3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1006982
ESX            2.5.5     ESX      affected, patch pending

* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE,
  Server, Fusion.

4. Solution

   Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
   and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file.

   VMware Workstation 5.5.9

   http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ws5.html
   Release notes:
   http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html

   Windows binary:
   md5sum: 509c7b323a8ac42c0a92b0a1446bb0f8

   Compressed Tar archive for 32-bit Linux
   md5sum: 9d189e72f8111e44b27f1ee92edf265e

   Linux RPM version for 32-bit Linux
   md5sum: 0957c5258d033d0107517df64bfea240

   VMware Player 1.0.9

   http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
   Release notes Player 1.x:
   http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html

   Windows binary
   md5sum: e2c8dd7b27df7d348f14f69de017b93f

   Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.rpm)
   md5sum: 471c3881fa60b058b1dac1d3c9c32c85

   Player 1.0.9 for Linux (.tar)
   md5sum: bef507811698e7333f5e8cb672530dbf

   VMware Server 1.0.8

   http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
   Release notes:
   http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

   VMware Server for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
   md5sum: 4ba41e5fa192f786121a7395ebaa8d7c

   VMware Server Windows client package
   md5sum: f25746e275ca00f28d44ad372fc92536

   VMware Server for Linux
   md5sum: a476d3953ab1ff8457735e692fa5edf9

   VMware Server for Linux rpm
   md5sum: af6890506618fa82928fbfba8a5f97e1

   Management Interface
   md5sum: 5982b84a39479cabce63e12ab664d369

   VMware Server Linux client package
   md5sum: 605d7db48f63211cc3f5ddb2b3f915a6

   ESXi

   ESXi 3.5 patch ESXe350-200811401-O-SG
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESXe350-200811401-O-SG.zip
   md5sum: e895c8cb0d32b722d7820d0214416092
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007507

   NOTE: The three ESXi patches for Firmware "I", VMware Tools "T," and
   the VI Client "C" are contained in a single offline "O"
   download file.

   ESX

   ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200811401-SG (memory corruption)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200811401-SG.zip
   md5sum: 988042ce20ce2381216fbe1862c3e66d
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007501

   ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200811406-SG (bzip2)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200811406-SG.zip
   md5sum: 285ec405ac34a196cbb796922e22cca2
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504

   ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200811401-BG (memory corruption)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200811401-BG.zip
   md5sum: 26bf687a3483951d1f14ab66edf1d196
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986

   ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200811404-SG (bzip2)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200811404-SG.zip
   md5sum: 2707e4a599867b0444e85a75a471ed4f
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198

   ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006980 (memory corruption)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006980.tgz
   md5sum: 5e73f1585fea3ee770b2df2b94e73ca4
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980

   ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1006982 (bzip2)
   http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1006982.tgz
   md5sum: 4921cf542b5979bd0eef7f2c15683b71
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982

5. References

   CVE numbers
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4917
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372

6. Change log

2008-12-02 VMSA-2008-0019
Initial security advisory after release of patches for ESXi, ESX 3.5,
ESX 3.0.3, ESX 3.0.2. Updated hosted products were previously released
on 2008-11-06.

7. Contact

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This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

• security-announce at lists.vmware.com
• bugtraq at securityfocus.com
• full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk

E-mail: security at vmware.com
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Copyright 2008 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.

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