Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in VMware ESX Server, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service, disclose sensitive information, bypass security restrictions or compromise an affected system. These issues are caused by errors in pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3725 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3802 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-0063

Affected Products

VMware ESX Server version 3.5

Solution

Apply patches (ESX350-200803214-UG and ESX350-200803214-UG) :
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/ESX350-200803214-UG.zip
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/ESX350-200803201-UG.zip

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html

ChangeLog

2008-04-16 : Initial release

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