VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console

a. ESX third party update for Service Console kernelThis update takes the console OS kernel package to kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1 which resolves multiple security issues.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2010-1083, CVE-2010-2492, CVE-2010-2798,...

fault.RestrictedVersion.summary

Challenge Getting an error when running a SureBackup job: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume fault.RestrictedVersion.summary Failed to connect backup datastore to the ESX host "hostname".\n Unable to mount vPower NFS volume BACKUP1:/VeeamBackupBACKUP1. Backup1: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary\n...

How to Test Manually Mounting the Veeam vPower NFS Datastore

Purpose This article documents manually mounting the vPower NFS Datastore using the vSphere Web Client. The steps of this article are only intended as a troubleshooting step to help investigate and isolate an issue with vPower NFS-based restores failing. Solution This article's solution is split...

SureBackup Performance Considerations

Purpose This article provides advice and information on understanding and improving SureBackup performance. Solution SureBackup Performance Considerations The Repository where the backup files are stored, and the Mount Server used by that Repository, should be in the same data center as the ESXi...

How to check the ESXi host license using the Managed Object Browser

Purpose This article documents a method of checking which license is installed on a vSphere ESXi host using the Managed Object Browser. Solution In the recent versions of vSphere ESXi, the Managed Object Browser may be disabled by default. To perform the task below, you may need to enable the...

VDDK Error 3 Troubleshooting

Challenge A Backup or Replication job fails with an error containing 'VDDK error: 3 ' This most often occurs when forcing aVMware Backup Proxy to use 'Virtual Appliance' transport mode and disabling the 'Failover to network mode' option. Cause The most common scenario is that the disks of the VM...

Failed to configure DC (Host is not licensed for this feature)

Challenge Cause The DC boots up only in the DSRM and all services are not operational. Solution To address this: Make sure ESX is licensed with the vStorage APIs feature. Make sure that the account used to backup the Virtual Machines has full administrative rights on Vcenter and is member of loca...

File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore

Challenge The following error message occurs when attempting to create a VMware snapshot. File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore The Veeam Backup & Replication job fails with the following error: CreateSnapshot failed, vmRef "vm-xxx", timeout "1800000", snName "VEEAM BACKUP...

KMPlayer 3.0.0.1440 Buffer Overflow

!/usr/bin/python The KMPlayer 3.0.0.1440 .mp3 Buffer Overflow Exploit XPSP3 DEP Bypass Downloaded from: http://download.cnet.com/The-KMPlayer/3000-136324-10659939.html 06 Jun 11 Cobbled together by dookie and ronin This exploit performs DEP bypass on WinXP SP3 with 2 different offsets. In our...

CVE-2011-2146

mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System HGFS in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to determine the existence of host OS files and...

CVE-2011-1787

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System HGFS in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the gues...

Design/Logic Flaw

mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System HGFS in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to determine the existence of host OS files and...

Design/Logic Flaw

mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System HGFS in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1, when a Solaris or FreeBSD guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to...

CVE-2011-2146

CVE-2011-2146 concerns the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) disclosure issue. The description specifies that mount.vmhgfs in VMware Workstation (7.1.x before 7.1.4), VMware Player (3.1.x before 3.1.4), VMware Fusion (3.1.x before 3.1.3), and VMware ESXi/ESX (versions 3.5–4.1) allows guest OS ...

CVE-2011-1787

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System HGFS in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the gues...

The KMPlayer 3.0.0.1440 .mp3 Buffer Overflow Exploit XPSP3 DEP Bypass

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits !/usr/bin/python The KMPlayer 3.0.0.1440 .mp3 Buffer Overflow Exploit XPSP3 DEP Bypass Downloaded from: http://download.cnet.com/The-KMPlayer/3000-136324-10659939.html 06 Jun 11 Cobbled together by dookie and ronin This exploit performs DEP...

VMware Releases Security Advisory

VMware has released security advisory VMSA-2011-0009 to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following products: VMware Workstation 7.1.3 and earlier VMware Player 3.1.3 and earlier VMware Fusion 3.1.2 and earlier ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201104402-BG ESXi 4.0 without patch...

CVE-2011-1789

The CVE-2011-1789 entry describes an unsigned self-extracting installer in the vSphere Client Installer for VMware vCenter 4.0 (before Update 3) and 4.1 (before Update 1), as well as VMware ESXi 4.x (before 4.1 Update 1) and ESX 4.x (before 4.1 Update 1). The root cause is the lack of a digital s...

CVE-2011-1789

The self-extracting installer in the vSphere Client Installer package in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 3 and 4.1 before Update 1, VMware ESXi 4.x before 4.1 Update 1, and VMware ESX 4.x before 4.1 Update 1 does not have a digital signature, which might make it easier for remote attackers to...

VMSA-2011-0008 : VMware vCenter Server and vSphere Client security vulnerabilities

a. vCenter Server Directory Traversal vulnerability A directory traversal vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely retrieve files from vCenter Server without authentication. In order to exploit this vulnerability, the attacker will need to have access to the network on which the vCenter Serve...