===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2009/VULN161 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 15/04/2009 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Systems running VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware Fusion, VMware ESXi, VMware ESX. ====================================================================== http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0006.html ______________________________________________________________________ VMSA-2009-0006 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2009-0006 Synopsis: VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability Issue date: 2009-04-10 Updated on: 2009-04-10 (initial release of advisory) CVE numbers: CVE-2009-1244 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Summary Updated VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability. 2. Relevant releases VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware Server 2.0, VMware Server 1.0.8 and earlier, VMware Fusion 2.0.3 and earlier, VMware ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-200904201-O-SG, VMware ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-200904201-SG, VMware ESX 3.0.3 without patch ESX303-200904403-SG, VMware ESX 3.0.2 without patch ESX-1008421. NOTE: General Support for Workstation version 5.x ended on 2009-03-19. Users should plan to upgrade to the latest Workstation version 6.x release. Extended support for ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 ends on 2009-08-08. Users should plan to upgrade to ESX 3.0.3 and preferably to the newest release available. 3. Problem Description a. Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host. This issue is different from the vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver reported in VMware security advisory VMSA-2009-0005 on 2009-04-03. That vulnerability can cause a potential denial of service and is identified by CVE-2008-4916. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-1244 to this issue. The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected Workstation 6.5.x any 6.5.2 build 156735 or later Workstation 6.0.x any upgrade to at least 6.5.2 Player 2.5.x any 2.5.2 build 156735 or later Player 2.0.x any upgrade to at least 2.5.2 ACE 2.5.x Windows 2.5.2 build 156735 or later ACE 2.0.x Windows upgrade to at least 2.5.2 Server 2.x any 2.0.1 build 156745 or later Server 1.x any 1.0.9 build 156507 or later Fusion 2.x Mac OS/X 2.0.4 build 159196 or later ESXi 3.5 ESXi ESXe350-200904201-O-SG ESX 3.5 ESX ESX350-200904201-SG ESX 3.0.3 ESX ESX303-200904403-SG ESX 3.0.2 ESX ESX-1008421 ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum and/or the sha1sum of your downloaded file. VMware Workstation 6.5.2 ------------------------ www.vmware.com/download/ws/ Release notes: www.vmware.com/support/ws65/doc/releasenotes_ws652.html For Windows Workstation for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 32-bit and 64-bit .exe md5sum: 8336586b9f9e5180d5279a0b988e82a6 sha1sum: ccdb6bcb867638e8f4f493bc02c6f70c5ebbb88e For Linux Workstation for Linux 32-bit Linux 32-bit .rpm md5sum: 69b039c848f6b2c94948928d8e9057bb sha1sum: 37ca77ef550db932cf7b078fcbd6fa0155e3411e Workstation for Linux 32-bit Linux 32-bit .bundle md5sum: 5d4ccf9c23701d09a671f586a9bb4190 sha1sum: d508111adf479d82049c323b1d0b82200c0ab4dd Workstation for Linux 64-bit Linux 64-bit .rpm md5sum: 19387416e3b597b901dfe84e4a2bcd97 sha1sum: 0726518abc9a77051d991af570774bae1625ff78 Workstation for Linux 64-bit Linux 64-bit .bundle md5sum: 56dfc3adcf96701f440b19a8cf06c3df sha1sum: 04aa442a2b9bf2c67d6266a410b20ef146b93bef VMware Player 2.5.2 ------------------- www.vmware.com/download/player/ Release notes: www.vmware.com/support/player25/doc/releasenotes_player252.html Player for Windows binary download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-player-2.5.2-156735.exe md5sum: 01356d729e9b031c8904e9560a02c469 Player for Linux (.rpm) download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-Player-2.5.2-156735.i386.rpm md5sum: aa047047b72de7f4b53d9c2128b53bec Player for Linux (.bundle) download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-Player-2.5.2-156735.i386.bundle md5sum: bd51e8f8ef2417080c6d734f6ea9fb87 VMware Player 2.5.2 - 64-bit (.rpm) download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-Player-2.5.2-156735.x86_64.rpm md5sum: 5b488b97b5091d3980eb74ec0a5c065b VMware Player 2.5.2 - 64-bit (.bundle) download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-Player-2.5.2-156735.x86_64.bundle md5sum: 25254cd60c4063c2c68a8bf50c2c4869 VMware ACE 2.5.2 ---------------- www.vmware.com/download/ace/ Release notes: www.vmware.com/support/ace25/doc/releasenotes_ace252.html ACE Management Server Virtual Appliance AMS Virtual Appliance .zip md5sum: 430ff7792d9d490d1678fc22b4c62121 sha1sum: 98b74e0dba4214b055c95ccea656bfa2731c3fee VMware ACE for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 32-bit and 64-bit .exe md5sum: 8336586b9f9e5180d5279a0b988e82a6 ACE Management Server for Windows Windows .exe md5sum: 44918519a7bac2501b211c9825ed8268 sha1sum: 97655c824815f7c4e25f6940c708f835ab616da9 ACE Management Server for SUSE Enterprise Linux 9 SLES 9 .rpm md5sum: 7fcb0409474c7e81accc90f25d80b00e sha1sum: 385b254930dd6b8c53e3c805653c1fa1b07a6161 ACE Management Server for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHEL 4 .rpm md5sum: 745e3115f8557fa04c2ddaf25320a911 sha1sum: ef75d572325a32a7582dbb4c352541978d3cebeb VMware Server 2.0.1 ------------------- www.vmware.com/download/server/ Release notes: www.vmware.com/support/server2/doc/releasenotes_vmserver201.html For Windows VMware Server 2 Version 2.0.1 | 156745 - 03/31/09 507 MB EXE image VMware Server 2 for Windows Operating Systems. A master installer file containing all Windows components of VMware Server. md5sum: d0eefaa79e42d13a693c4d732a460ba4 VIX API 1.6 for Windows. Version 1.6.2 | 156745 - 03/31/09 37 MB EXE image md5sum: ad531ed3c37c0a50fb915981f83ca133 For Linux VMware Server 2 for Linux Operating Systems. Version 2.0.1 | 156745 - 03/31/09 465 MB RPM image md5sum: eb42331bbd9be30848826b8cab73e0ca VMware Server 2 for Linux Operating Systems. Version 2.0.1 | 156745 - 03/31/09 466 MB TAR image md5sum: be96bc1696f4cef67755bfd2553ce233 VMware Server 2 for Linux Operating Systems 64-bit version. Version 2.0.1 | 156745 - 03/31/09 434 MB RPM image md5sum: 697a792c70d50e98a347c06b323bd20b The core application needed to run VMware Server 2, 64-bit version. Version 2.0.1 | 156745 - 03/31/09 436 MB TAR image md5sum: f40498229772910d6a6788b7803f9c38 VIX API 1.6 for Linux. Version 1.6.2 | 156745 - 03/31/09 17 MB TAR image md5sum: 2ef6174b90cdd9a2832b57dbe94cfbb1 64-bit VIX API 1.6 for Linux. Version 1.6.2 | 156745 - 03/31/09 21 MB TAR image md5sum: 454aeba273f9a89c578223c95b262323 VMware Server 1.0.9 ------------------- www.vmware.com/download/server/ Release notes: www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html VMware Server for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-installer-1.0.9-156507.exe md5sum: 8c650f8a0a0521b69c6aba00d910cfb9 VMware Server Windows client package download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-win32-client-1.0.9-156507.zip md5sum: c83e673f7422a4f3edaf7d9337cf5d6d VMware Server for Linux download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.tar.gz md5sum: ff4b57588514c83b1a828e3b19843ad2 VMware Server for Linux rpm download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386.rpm md5sum: c8fc9e9f948f2807b9f8bfb3ca318f36 Management Interface download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-mui-1.0.9-156507.tar.gz md5sum: dbf99faef8bd26e173cf2514d7bea449 VMware Server Linux client package download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-linux-client-1.0.9-156507.zip md5sum: 7e76a481408454a747bb4d076a6e2524 VMware Fusion 2.0.4 ------------------- www.vmware.com/download/fusion Release notes: www.vmware.com/support/fusion2/doc/releasenotes_fusion_204.html md5sum: 689eaf46746cdc89a595e0ef81b714b3 sha1sum:46300075feb00df099d5272b984f762416d33791 ESXi ---- ESXi 3.5 patch ESXe350-200904201-O-SG download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESXe350-200904201-O-SG.zip md5sum: 1f35c8bd1f00261cdea52db8b6b98eca kb.vmware.com/kb/1009853 NOTES: The three ESXi patches for Firmware "I", VMware Tools "T," and the VI Client "C" are contained in a single offline "O" download file. ESX --- ESX 3.5 patch ESX350-200904201-SG download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200904201-SG.zip md5sum: 8ca2816aacf2436ce8b346861a553394 kb.vmware.com/kb/1009852 ESX 3.0.3 patch ESX303-200904403-SG download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX303-200904403-SG.zip md5sum: a81f96598b98e3d8216ebdfa9570f8a5 kb.vmware.com/kb/1008422 ESX 3.0.2 patch ESX-1008421 download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX-1008421.tgz md5sum: 377d94ae3a756e627e7a6c9330d4369e kb.vmware.com/kb/1008421 5. References CVE-2009-1244 6. Change log 2009-04-10 VMSA-2009-0006 Initial security advisory after release of Fusion 2.0.4 and ESX and ESXi patches on 2009-04-10. Workstation 6.5.2, Player 2.5.2, ACE 2.5.2, Server 1.0.9 and Server 2.0.1 were released on 2009-04-01. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Contact E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements: lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists: * security-announce at lists.vmware.com * bugtraq at securityfocus.com * full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk E-mail: security at vmware.com PGP key at: kb.vmware.com/kb/1055 VMware Security Center www.vmware.com/security VMware security response policy www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html General support life cycle policy www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos.html VMware Infrastructure support life cycle policy www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos_vi.html Copyright 2009 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. ====================================================================== ========================================================= Les serveurs de référence du CERT-Renater http://www.urec.fr/securite http://www.cru.fr/securite http://www.renater.fr ========================================================= + CERT-RENATER | tel : 01-53-94-20-44 + + 151 bd de l'Hopital | fax : 01-53-94-20-41 + + 75013 Paris | email: certsvp@renater.fr + =========================================================