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                   VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0003
Synopsis:    VMware VirtualCenter Update and ESX 3.5 patch update JRE
Issue date:  2012-03-08
Updated on:  2012-03-08 (initial advisory)
CVE numbers: See references
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1. Summary

   VMware VirtualCenter Update 6b and ESX 3.5 patch update JRE.

2. Relevant releases

   VirtualCenter 2.5 previous to Update 6b
   
   ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203401-SG

3. Problem Description

 a. VirtualCenter and ESX, Oracle (Sun) JRE update 1.5.0_32

    Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.5.0_32, which addresses
    multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle
    (Sun) JRE.

    Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed in
    JRE 1.5.0_32 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of
    October 2011.

    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        5.0       Windows  not applicable **
    vCenter        4.1       Windows  not applicable **
    vCenter        4.0       Windows  patch pending
    VirtualCenter  2.5       Windows  VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6b
            
    hosted *       any       any      not affected
      
    ESXi           any       ESXi     not affected
      
    ESX            4.1       ESX      not applicable **
    ESX            4.0       ESX      patch pending
    ESX            3.5       ESX      ESX350-201203401-SG

    * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion.

    ** this product uses the Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0 family


4. Solution

   VMware Virtual Center 2.5 Update 6b
   -----------------------------------
   Version       2.5 Update 6b
   Build Number  598800
   Release Date  2012/03/08
   Type          Product Binaries

   http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VC250U6B

   vCenter Server DVD image - English only version
   File type: iso
   MD5SUM: 085f7bddd2adf2c4ba5bd066271e2b06
   SHA1SUM: 019ff0a67d150d0a3dbdac53bfde0b0eb69f9bfd

   vCenter Server as a Zip file - English only version
   File type: zip
   MD5SUM: ee15ae73a66dd9dbc27fada476656aeb
   SHA1SUM: a5c25d114d42f1aae11d7c741587cf57caff72a3

   VMware vCenter Converter BootCD for vCenter Server
   File type: .zip
   Version: 4.0.3
   MD5SUM: e49e0ff0f2563196cc5d4b5c471cd666

   VMware vCenter Converter CLI for Linux platform
   File type: .tar.gz
   Version: 4.0.3
   MD5SUM: 30d1f5e58a6cad8dacd988908305bc1c

   ESX 3.5
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   ESX350-201203401-SG
   http://downloads.vmware.com/go/selfsupport-download
   md5sum: 07743c471ce46de825c36c2277ccd500
   sha1sum: cb77e6f820e1015311bf2386b240fd84f0ad04dd
   http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2009155
 

5. References

   Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of October 2011
 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.htm
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6. Change log

   2012-03-08 VMSA-2012-0003
   Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of
   VirtualCenter Update 6b and patches for ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 on
   2012-03-08.
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7. Contact

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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: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055

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Copyright 2012 VMware Inc.  All rights reserved.

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