VMSA-2010-0009: ESXi utilities and ESX Service Console third party updates

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2010-0009.

ESXi update for ntp and ESX Console OS (COS) updates for COS kernel, openssl, krb5, gcc, bind, gzip, sudo resolve multiple security issues: a. Service Console update for COS kernel Updated COS package 'kernel' addresses the security issues that are fixed through versions 2.6.18-164.11.1. b. ESXi userworld update for ntp A vulnerability in ntpd could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by using MODE_PRIVATE to send a spoofed (1) request or (2) response packet that triggers a continuous exchange of MODE_PRIVATE error responses between two NTP daemons. c. Service Console package openssl updated to 0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1 A memory leak in the zlib could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors that trigger incorrect calls to the CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data function. d. Service Console update for krb5 to 1.6.1-36.el5_4.1 and pam_krb5 to 2.2.14-15. Multiple integer underflows in the AES and RC4 functionality in the crypto library could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by providing ciphertext with a length that is too short to be valid. e. Service Console package bind updated to 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 A vulnerability was discovered which could allow remote attacker to add the Authenticated Data (AD) flag to a forged NXDOMAIN response for an existing domain. f. Service Console package gcc updated to 3.2.3-60 GNU Libtool's ltdl.c attempts to open .la library files in the current working directory. This could allow a local user to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file. The GNU C Compiler collection (gcc) provided in ESX contains a statically linked version of the vulnerable code, and is being replaced. g. Service Console package gzip update to 1.3.3-15.rhel3 An integer underflow in gzip's unlzw function on 64-bit platforms may allow a remote attacker to trigger an array index error leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted LZW compressed file. h. Service Console package sudo updated to 1.6.9p17-6.el5_4 When a pseudo-command is enabled, sudo permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file.

VMware ESXi 4.0.0 without patch ESXi400-201005401-SG VMware ESX 4.0.0 without patches ESX400-201005401-SG, ESX400-201005406-SG, ESX400-201005408-SG, ESX400-201005407-SG, ESX400-201005405-SG, ESX400-201005409-SG VMware ESX 3.5 without patches ESX350-201006408-SG, ESX350-201006405-SG, ESX350-201006406-SG

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