VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

               VMware Security Advisory

   ESX 3.0.1 is in Extended Support and its end of extended
   support &#40;Security and Bug fixes&#41; is 2008-07-31. Users should plan
   to upgrade to at least 3.0.2 update 1 and preferably the newest
   release available before the end of extended support.

   ESX 2.5.4 is in Extended Support and its end of extended support
   &#40;Security and Bug fixes&#41; is 2008-10-08.  Users should plan to upgrade
   to at least 2.5.5 and preferably the newest release available before
   the end of extended support.

The VMware Tools Package provides support required for shared folders
&#40;HGFS&#41; and other features.

An input validation error is present in the Windows-based VMware
HGFS.sys driver.   Exploitation of this flaw might result in
arbitrary code execution on the guest system by an unprivileged
guest user.  It doesn&#39;t matter on what host the Windows guest OS
is running, as this is a guest driver vulnerability and not a
vulnerability on the host.

The HGFS.sys driver is present in the guest operating system if the
VMware Tools package is loaded.  Even if the host has HGFS disabled
and has no shared folders, Windows-based guests may be affected. This
is regardless if a host supports HGFS.

This issue could be mitigated by removing the VMware Tools package
from Windows based guests.  However this is not recommended as it
would impact usability of the product.

NOTE: Installing the new hosted release or ESX patches will not
      remediate the issue.  The VMware Tools packages will need
      to be updated on each Windows-based guest followed by a
      reboot of the guest system.

VMware would like to thank iDefense and Stephen Fewer of Harmony
Security for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2007-5671 to this issue.

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
Workstation   6.x       Windows  not affected
Workstation   6.x       Linux    not affected
Workstation   5.x       Windows  5.5.6 build 80404 or later
Workstation   5.x       Linux    5.5.6 build 80404 or later

Player        2.x       Windows  not affected
Player        2.x       Linux    not affected
Player        1.x       Windows  1.0.6 build 80404 or later
Player        1.x       Linux    1.0.6 build 80404 or later

ACE           2.x       Windows  not affected
ACE           1.x       Windows  1.0.5 build 79846 or later

Server        1.x       Windows  1.0.5 build 80187 or later
Server        1.x       Linux    1.0.5 build 80187 or later

Fusion        1.x       Mac OS/X not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     not affected

ESX           3.5       ESX      not affected
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004727
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004186
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      ESX 2.5.5 upgrade patch 5 or later
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      ESX 2.5.4 upgrade patch 16 or later

This update fixes a security issue related to local exploitation of
an untrusted library path vulnerability in vmware-authd. In order to
exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have local access and
the ability to execute the set-uid vmware-authd binary on an affected
system. Exploitation of this flaw might result in arbitrary code
execution on the Linux host system by an unprivileged user.

VMware would like to thank iDefense for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2008-0967 to this issue.

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
Workstation   6.x       Windows  not affected
Workstation   6.x       Linux    6.0.4 build 93057
Workstation   5.x       Windows  not affected
Workstation   5.x       Linux    5.5.7 build 91707

Player        2.x       Windows  not affected
Player        2.x       Linux    2.0.4 build 93057
Player        1.x       Windows  not affected
Player        1.x       Linux    1.0.7 build 91707

ACE           2.x       Windows  not affected
ACE           1.x       Windows  not affected

Server        1.x       Windows  not affected
Server        1.x       Linux    1.0.6 build 91891

Fusion        1.x       Mac OS/X not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     ESXe350-200805501-I-SG

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805515-SG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004821
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004728
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      ESX 2.5.5 update patch 8
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      ESX 2.5.4 update patch 19

Openwsman is a system management platform that implements the Web
Services Management protocol &#40;WS-Management&#41;. It is installed and
running by default. It is used in the VMware Management Service
Console and in ESXi.

The openwsman management service on ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 is vulnerable
to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which may allow users with
non-privileged ESX or Virtual Center accounts to gain root privileges.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need a local ESX
account or a VirtualCenter account with the Host.Cim.CimInteraction
permission.

Systems with no local ESX accounts and no VirtualCenter accounts with
the Host.Cim.CimInteraction permission are not vulnerable.

This vulnerability cannot be exploited by users without valid login
credentials.

Discovery: Alexander Sotirov, VMware Security Research

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2008-2097 to this issue.

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
hosted        any       any      not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     ESXe350-200805501-I-SG

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805508-SG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      not affected
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      not affected
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      not affected
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      not affected

NOTE: VMware hosted products are not affected by this issue.

The VIX API &#40;also known as &quot;Vix&quot;&#41; is an API that lets users write scripts
and programs to manipulate virtual machines.

Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities are present in the VIX API.
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities might result in code execution on
the host system or on the service console in ESX Server from the guest
operating system.

The VIX API can be enabled and disabled using the &quot;vix.inGuest.enable&quot;
setting in the VMware configuration file. This default value for this
setting is &quot;disabled&quot;.  This configuration setting is present in the
following products:
  VMware Workstation 6.0.2 and higher
  VMware ACE 6.0.2 and higher
  VMware Server 1.06 and higher
  VMware Fusion 1.1.2 and higher
  ESX Server 3.0 and higher
  ESX Server 3.5 and higher
In previous versions of VMware products where the VIX API was introduced,
the VIX API couldn&#39;t be disabled.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2008-2100 to this issue.

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
VIX API       1.1.x     Windows  VMware-vix-1.1.4-93057.exe
VIX API       1.1.x     Linux    VMware-vix-1.1.4-93057.i386.tar.gz
VIX API       1.1.x     Linux64  VMware-vix-1.1.4-93057.x86_64.tar.gz

Workstation   6.x       Windows  6.0.4 build 93057
Workstation   6.x       Linux    6.0.4 build 93057
Workstation   5.x       Windows  5.5.7 build 91707
Workstation   5.x       Linux    5.5.7 build 91707

Player        2.x       Windows  2.0.4 build 93057
Player        2.x       Linux    2.0.4 build 93057
Player        1.x       Windows  1.0.6 build 91707
Player        1.x       Linux    1.0.6 build 91707

ACE           2.x       Windows  2.0.4 build 93057
ACE           1.x       Windows  not affected

Server        1.x       Windows  1.0.6 build 91891
Server        1.x       Linux    1.0.6 build 91891

Fusion        1.x       Mac OS/X 1.1.2 build 87978 or later

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     ESXe350-200805501-I-SG,
                                 ESXe350-200805502-T-SG

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805501-BG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004216, ESX-1004726, ESX-1004727
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004186, ESX-1004725
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      not affected
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      not affected

Updated cyrus-sasl package for the ESX Service Console corrects a security
issue found in the DIGEST-MD5 authentication mechanism of Cyrus&#39;
implementation of Simple Authentication and Security Layer &#40;SASL&#41;. As a
result of this issue in the authentication mechanism, a remote
unauthenticated attacker might be able to cause a denial of service error
on the service console.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41; has
assigned the name CVE-2006-1721 to this issue.

RPMs Updated:
cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-1.i386.rpm

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
hosted        any       any      not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     not affected

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805504-SG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004722
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004721
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      not affected
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      not affected

An input validation flaw was discovered in Tk&#39;s GIF image handling. A
code-size value read from a GIF image was not properly validated before
being used, leading to a buffer overflow. A specially crafted GIF file
could use this to cause a crash or, potentially, execute code with the
privileges of the application using the Tk graphical toolkit.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41; has
assigned the name CVE-2008-0553 to this issue.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in Tk&#39;s animated GIF image handling.
An animated GIF containing an initial image smaller than subsequent images
could cause a crash or, potentially, execute code with the privileges of
the application using the Tk library.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41; has
assigned the name CVE-2007-5378 to this issue.

A flaw first discovered in the Tcl regular expression engine used in the
PostgreSQL database server, resulted in an infinite loop when processing
certain regular expressions.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41; has
assigned the name CVE-2007-4772 to this issue.

RPM Updated:
tcl-8.3.5-92.8.i386.rpm

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
hosted        any       any      not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     not affected

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805506-SG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004724
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004723
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      ESX 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 8
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 19

This patch includes a moderate security update to the service console that
fixes a flaw in unzip. An attacker could execute malicious code with a
user&#39;s privileges if the user ran unzip on a file designed to leverage
this flaw.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41; has
assigned the name CVE-2008-0888 to this issue.

RPM Updated:
Unzip-5.50-36.EL3.i386.rpm

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
hosted        any       any      not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     not affected

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805505-SG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004719
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004190
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      ESX 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 8
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 19

KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 &#40;krb5kdc&#41; does not set a global variable
for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service &#40;crash&#41; and possibly execute arbitrary
code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference
or double-free.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2008-0062 to this issue.

NOTE: ESX doesn&#39;t contain the krb5kdc binary and is not vulnerable
      to this issue.

The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 &#40;krb5kdc&#41; does not
properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an
error message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain
sensitive information, aka &quot;Uninitialized stack values.&quot;

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2008-0063 to this issue.

NOTE: ESX doesn&#39;t contain the krb5kdc binary and is not vulnerable
      to this issue.

Buffer overflow in the RPC library &#40;lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c&#41; used
by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 &#40;krb5&#41; 1.2.2, and probably
other versions before 1.3, when running on systems whose unistd.h
does not define the FD_SETSIZE macro, allows remote attackers to cause
a denial of service &#40;crash&#41; and possibly execute arbitrary code by
triggering a large number of open file descriptors.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project &#40;cve.mitre.org&#41;
has assigned the name CVE-2008-0948 to this issue.

RPM Updated:
krb5-libs-1.2.7-68.i386.rpm

VMware        Product   Running  Replace with/
Product       Version   on       Apply Patch
============  ========  =======  =================
hosted        any       any      not affected

ESXi          3.5       ESXi     not affected

ESX           3.5       ESX      ESX350-200805507-SG
ESX           3.0.2     ESX      ESX-1004219
ESX           3.0.1     ESX      ESX-1004189
ESX           2.5.5     ESX      ESX 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 8
ESX           2.5.4     ESX      ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 19

VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

VMware Workstation 6.0.4

VMware Workstation 5.5.7

VMware Player 2.0.4 and 1.0.7

VMware ACE

VMware Server 1.0.6

VMware Fusion 1.1.3

VMware VIX 1.1.4

ESXi

ESX

VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

VMware Workstation 6.0.4

VMware Workstation 5.5.7

VMware Player 2.0.4 and 1.0.7

VMware ACE

VMware Server 1.0.6

VMware Fusion 1.1.3

VMware VIX 1.1.4

ESXi

ESX

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