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TITLE:
VMware ESX / ESXi Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50476

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-31

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DESCRIPTION:
VMware acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server and
VMware ESXi.

1) The application bundles a vulnerable version of the OpenSSL
library.

For more information:
SA42473
SA43227
SA47426
SA47631
SA48847

This vulnerability is reported in ESXi version 4.1 and ESX version
4.1.

2) Some vulnerabilities exist in the Linux Kernel.

For more information:
SA36617
SA43496
SA44094
SA44754
SA45936
SA46802
SA46803
SA47472

3) Some vulnerabilities exist in the bundled version of Perl.

For more information:
SA42443
SA42461
SA46279

4) An error exists in the bundled version of the XML2 library.

For more information:
SA48000

5) Some vulnerabilities exist in the bundled version of GNU C
library.

For more information:
SA44353
SA47064
SA47567

6) Some vulnerabilities exist in the bundled version of GNU TLS
library.

For more information:
SA46770
SA48397
SA48488

7) Some vulnerabilities exist in the bundled version of the RPM
packager.

For more information:
SA48651

The vulnerabilities are reported in ESX version 4.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2012-0013:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0013.html

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