VMware ESXi 6.5, Patch ESXi650-201707101-SG: Updates esx-base, vsan and vsanhealth VIBs

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Release date: July 27, 2017

 

 

Patch Category	Bugfix
Patch Severity	Important
Build	For build information, see KB 2149910.
Host Reboot Required	Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	Yes
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
VIBs Included	VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.5.0-0.23.5969300 VMware_bootbank_vsan_6.5.0-0.23.5665309 VMware_bootbank_vsanhealth_6.5.0-0.23.5633214
PRs Fixed	1826946, 1831854, 1849902
Related CVE numbers	N/A

 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5

Resolution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch updates the esx-base, vsan and vsanhealth VIBs to resolve the following issues:

• The ESXi userworld libcurl library is updated to version 7.53.1.
• The ESXi NTP package is updated to version 4.2.8p10.
• The OpenSSH version is updated to version 7.5p1.

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware vSphere 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 Examples and the vSphere Upgrade Guide.