VCF Response to VMSA-2024-0001

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

In order to remediate VMSA-2024-0001 on VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x or 5.x environment follow the steps listed in the Workaround Section.

Environment

Vmware Cloud Foundation 5.1
VMware Cloud foundation 5.x
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1

Resolution

To resolve the issue, please refer to the VMSA for specific versions of VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) in which the related issues have been resolved.

Workaround:
To workaround the issue, please follow the below mentioned steps:

Starting with VCF version 4.4, the SDDC Manager no longer manages the upgrades of VMware Aria Automation, even if it was originally deployed via SDDC Manager. Refer to VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 Release Notes for more details. Interoperability between VMware Aria Automation and SDDC Manager is located at Interoperability Matrix (Product Interoperability Matrix)

Use the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Aria Automation to the fixed version mentioned in the VMSA depending upon the VMware Aria Automation version currently installed.