VMware ESXi 5.5, Patch Release ESXi550-201801002

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Release Date: January 22, 2018

This ESXi patch provides hypervisor-specific mitigations for CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715. For more information, see VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0002.

NOTE: This ESXi patch cannot be applied on top of ESXi550-201801001. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52237.

Download Filename:

ESXi550-201801002.zip

Build:

7618464

Download Size:

363 MB

md5sum:

7890125decf666bbf967b4fbd47153df

sha1checksum:

464bb22bb899fa93cd5aa374a57a0ce5316412c7

Host Reboot Required: Yes

Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required: Yes

Bulletins

Bulletin ID	Category	Severity	Knowledge Base Article
ESXi550-201801301-BG	Bugfix	Important	52406

Image Profiles

Image Profile Name	Knowledge Base Article
ESXi-5.5.0-20180103001-standard	52407
ESXi-5.5.0-20180103001-no-tools	52408

For information on patch and update classification, see KB 2014447.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5

Resolution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch release contains the bug fixes for ESXi. For more information, see the KB articles for the individual bulletins.

For information about the issues fixed with the ESXi-5.5.0-20180103001-standard image profile, see KB 52407.
For information about the issues fixed with the ESXi-5.5.0-20180103001-no-tools image profile, see KB 52408.

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed above.

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware Update Manager. For details, see the Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager.

ESXi hosts can be updated by manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib command. Additionally, the system can be updated using the image profile and the esxcli software profile command. For details, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examplesand the vSphere Upgrade Guide.