What’s New?
The vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3a release addresses the following critical issues for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance:
- Fix to address vCSA SSH backup MITM issue – Now you can enforce strict certificate validation for file-based backup and restore operations by including the root CA certificate in all file transfers. For more information, see VMware knowledge base article 75156.
- Fix for vSAN UI does not appear in vSphere Client after upgrade to 6.7 Update 3
- Fix for the following convergence issues :
- Convergence, domain repointing and fresh installation of a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller connected in Embedded Linked Mode might fail with error
install.vmafd.vmdir_vdcpromo_error_21 - Convergence of a vCenter Server instance with an external Platform Services Controller to a vCenter Server instance with an embedded Platform Services Controller fails with error
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- Convergence, domain repointing and fresh installation of a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller connected in Embedded Linked Mode might fail with error
The following important CVE fixes in the vCenter Server Appliance:
1.) [CVE-2018-14682, CVE-2018-14681]: libmspack
2.) [CVE-2018-20843] package: expat branch :1.0
3.) [CVE-2019-12900]: bzip2
4.) [CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118]: libxslt
5.) [CVE-2019-13232] package: unzip branch :1.0
6.) [CVE-2019-13638] package: patch branch :1.0
7.) [CVE-2019-15902, CVE-2016-10905, CVE-2019-10638]: linux
Documentation and Links
Download Link:
– vCenter-all
– ESXi Product Patches
Documentation:
– Photon OS Security Patches
– vCenter Server 6.7 U3a Release Notes
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