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VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22875
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Release Date:
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2006-11-14
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Popularity:
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13,416 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | VMware ESX Server 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CAN-2004-2069
CVE-2005-2177
CVE-2005-2491
CVE-2006-1056
CVE-2006-1342
CVE-2006-1343
CVE-2006-1864
CVE-2006-2071
CVE-2006-3403
CVE-2006-3467
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities, security issues, and a weakness have been reported in VMware ESX Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and disclose potentially sensitive information, or by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA15930
SA16793
SA19357
SA19657
SA19724
SA19869
SA20100
SA20980
This also fixes a security issue is OpenSSH, which is caused due to an error in signaling child processes to terminate after the LoginGraceTime period has expired. This may be exploited to cause a DoS by preventing the daemon from accepting new connections.
Solution:
VMware ESX Server 2.0.2:
Apply Upgrade Patch 2
VMware ESX Server 2.1.3:
Apply Upgrade Patch 2
VMware ESX Server 2.5.3:
Apply Upgrade Patch 4 (do not apply this patch to SunFire X4100 or X4200 servers).
VMware ESX Server 2.5.4:
Apply Upgrade Patch 1
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-253-200610-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html
Other References:
SA15930:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15930/
SA16793:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16793/
SA19357:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19357/
SA19657:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19657/
SA19724:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19724/
SA19869:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19869/
SA20100:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20100/
SA20980:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20980/
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