Secunia Security Advisory - VMware has issued an update for ESX. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
VMware ESX update for libpng
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35258
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35258/
DESCRIPTION:
VMware has issued an update for ESX. This fixes some vulnerabilities,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA29792
SA33970
SOLUTION:
ESX 2.5.5:
Apply Upgrade Patch 13.
http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/esx-2.5.5-161312-upgrade.tar.gz
md5sum: a477b7819f5a0d4cbd38b98432a48c88
sha1sum: cceb38898108e48cc5b7e3298a03a369aa783699
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2009-0007:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29792:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29792/
SA33970:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33970/
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