- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0002 Synopsis: VMware vSphere updates to third party libraries Issue date: 2014-03-11 Updated on: 2014-03-11 (initial advisory) CVE numbers: --NTP --- CVE-2013-5211 --glibc (service console) --- CVE-2013-4332 --JRE-- See references - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary VMware has updated vSphere third party libraries. 2. Relevant releases vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 prior to 5.5 Update 1 VMware vCenter Server 5.5 prior 5.5 Update 1 VMware Update Manager 5.5 prior 5.5 Update 1 VMware ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201403101-SG 3. Problem Description a. DDoS vulnerability in NTP third party libraries The NTP daemon has a DDoS vulnerability in the handling of the "monlist" command. An attacker may send a forged request to a vulnerable NTP server resulting in an amplified response to the intended target of the DDoS attack. Mitigation Mitigation for this issue is documented in VMware Knowledge Base article 2070193. This article also documents when vSphere products are affected. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2013-5211 to this issue. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======= ======= ================= VCSA 5.5 Linux 5.5 Update 1 VCSA 5.1 Linux patch pending VCSA 5.0 Linux patch pending ESXi 5.5 ESXi ESXi550-201403101-SG ESXi 5.1 ESXi patch pending ESXi 5.0 ESXi patch pending ESXi 4.1 ESXi patch pending ESXi 4.0 ESXi patch pending ESX 4.1 ESX patch pending ESX 4.0 ESX patch pending b. Update to ESXi glibc package The ESXi glibc package is updated to version glibc-2.5-118.el5_10.2 to resolve a security issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2013-4332 to this issue. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============== ======== ======= ================= ESXi 5.5 ESXi ESXi550-201403101-SG ESXi 5.1 ESXi patch pending ESXi 5.0 ESXi patch pending ESXi 4.1 ESXi no patch planned ESXi 4.0 ESXi no patch planned ESX 4.1 ESX not applicable ESX 4.0 ESX not applicable c. vCenter and Update Manager, Oracle JRE 1.7 Update 45 Oracle JRE is updated to version JRE 1.7 Update 45, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle JRE. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in JRE 1.7.0 update 45 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of October 2013. The References section provides a link to this advisory. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======= ======= ================= vCenter Server 5.5 Any 5.5 Update 1 vCenter Server 5.1 Any not applicable ** vCenter Server 5.0 Any not applicable ** vCenter Server 4.1 Windows not applicable ** vCenter Server 4.0 Windows not applicable * Update Manager 5.5 Windows 5.5 Update 1 Update Manager 5.1 Windows not applicable ** Update Manager 5.0 Windows not applicable ** Update Manager 4.1 Windows not applicable * Update Manager 4.0 Windows not applicable * ESXi any ESXi not applicable ESX 4.1 ESX not applicable ** ESX 4.0 ESX not applicable * * this product uses the Oracle JRE 1.5.0 family ** this product uses the Oracle JRE 1.6.0 family 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file. vCenter Server 5.5 -------------------------- Download link: https://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_ vsphere/5_5 Release Notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-55u1-rel ease-notes.html ESXi 5.5 ----------------- File: update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update01.zip md5sum:5773844efc7d8e43135de46801d6ea25 sha1sum:6518355d260e81b562c66c5016781db9f077161f http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2065826 update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update01 contains ESXi550-201403101-SG 5. References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5211 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4332 --------- jre --------- Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of October 2013 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html VMware Knowledge Base article 2070193 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2070193 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Change log 2014-03-11 VMSA-2014-0002 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vSphere 5.5 Update 1 on 2014-03-11 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 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