A number of ESX 3.x security updates are out today.  These are released along with updates affecting several operational (non-security) issues.

ESX3.5 update for python packages, that resolves issues with VM Shutdown ESX350-201002402-SG ==>  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017663

ESX 3.5 update, involving remote execution via XML, updates to libxml packages, ESX350-201002407-SG  ==> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017679

Updates for BIND on ESX 3.5, ESX350-201002404-SG ==> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017679

Updates to resolve a buffer overflow in NTP in ESXi 3.5 (among other things), ESXe350-201002401-I-SG ==> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017685

Updates for SNMP that affect ESX 3.0.3 - 3.5, ESX350-201002401 ==>  http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000080.html and ==> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017660

Full details on all of these, along with the operational patches, can be found at ==> https://www.vmware.com/mysupport/portlets/patchupdate/allpatches.html

*** none of these updates affect the current version vSphere 4.x  ***

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