VMware: VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904201-SG: Updates VMX RPM

VMware heeft een eerste patch released (10/04/2009) na het uitkomen van Update 4 voor VMware ESX 3.5.

Deze patch bevat de volgende informatie:

Summaries and Symptoms

Issues fixed in this patch (and their relevant symptoms, if applicable) include:

• A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-1244 to this issue.

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table, above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.

Meer informatie:  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009852

Download: http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESX350-200904201-SG.zip

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