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VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28368  
Release Date: 2008-01-08
Last Update: 2008-01-23

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:VMware ESX Server 2.x
VMware ESX Server 3.x


CVE reference:CVE-2007-4572 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5116 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5135 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5191 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5360 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5398 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform actions with escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA22130
SA27145
SA27450
SA27546
SA28358

Solution:
Apply patches.

ESX Server 3.5 Patches:
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html

ESX Server 3.0.x Patches:
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html

ESX Server 2.x Patches:
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx2_patches.html

ESX Server 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 3:
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.5-65742-upgrade.tar.gz
md5sum: 9068250fdd604e8787ef40995a4638f9
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-255-200712-patch.html

ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 14:
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.4-65752-upgrade.tar.gz
md5sum: 24990b9207f882ccc91545b6fc90273d
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200712-patch.html

Changelog:
2008-01-23: Updated "Solution" section with link to "ESX Server 3.5" patches due to updated vendor advisory. Updated "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
VMware:
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000004.html

Other References:
SA22130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130/

SA27145:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27145/

SA27450:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27450/

SA27546:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27546/

SA28358:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28358/



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