Guidelines for async application of ESXi7.0 Update 3f on VCF 4.2.x, VCF 4.3.x and VCF 4.4.x releases.

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

VMSA-2022-0016, VMSA-2022-0020 and VMSA-2022-0025 details the vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 7.0. These vulnerabilities are remediated in the release ESXi 7.0 Update 3f .

This KB documents the process should customers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.x, 4.3.x or 4.4.x wish to update their ESXi hosts to this release.

NOTE : This KB is not applicable for VCF on Dell EMC VxRail Release.

Symptoms:
As documented in VMSA-2022-0016, VMSA-2022-0020 and VMSA-2022-0025, VMware ESXi 7.0 is affected by the vulnerabilities listed in the advisories.

Since the VMware Cloud Foundation(VCF) 4.x versions bundle the impacted release of VMware ESXi ; VCF 4.2.x, VCF 4.3.x and VCF 4.4.x releases are similarly impacted by the vulnerabilities listed in the advisories.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.1

Resolution

The ESXi 7.0 Update 3f release is available on VCF Async Patch Tool  for the VCF customers to readily upgrade their ESXi versions. Please follow the table below for further guidance.
 

VCF Release	Resolution
VCF 4.2.0	Upgrade to 4.3.1.1 or above and Use KB 88287
VCF 4.2.1	Upgrade to 4.3.1.1 or above and Use KB 88287
VCF 4.3.0	Upgrade to 4.3.1.1 or above and Use KB 88287
VCF 4.3.1	Upgrade to 4.3.1.1 or above and Use KB 88287
VCF 4.3.1.1	Use KB 88287
VCF 4.4	Use KB 88287
VCF 4.4.1	Use KB 88287
VCF 4.4.1.1	Use KB 88287