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VMSA-2012-0006 VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0006.
Insight
Insight
VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues. a. VMware ROM Overwrite Privilege Escalation A flaw in the way port-based I/O is handled allows for modifying Read-Only Memory that belongs to the Virtual DOS Machine. Exploitation of this issue may lead to privilege escalation on Guest Operating Systems that run Windows 2000, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Server 2003 32-bit or Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit. b. ESX third party update for Service Console kernel The ESX Service Console Operating System (COS) kernel is updated to kernel-400.2.6.18-238.4.11.591731 to fix multiple security issues in the COS kernel. c. ESX third party update for Service Console krb5 RPM This patch updates the krb5-libs and krb5-workstation RPMs to version 1.6.1-63.el5_7 to resolve a security issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201101201-SG ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201203401-SG ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-201203401-I-SG ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201101201-SG ESX 4.0 without patches ESX400-201203401-SG, ESX400-201203407-SG ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203401-SG
Solution
Solution
Apply the missing patch(es).