VMware Aria Operations 8.18 Hot Fix 1
Article ID: 373987
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Products
VMware Aria Suite
Issue/Introduction
VMware Aria Operations 8.18 Hot Fix 1 is a public Hot Fix that addresses the following issues:
- [Diagnostics MP] Add new VMSA rules; vSphere-CVE-2024-37079, CVE-2024-37080, CVE-2024--37081, to VMSA-2024-0012
- In case of Metric chart Metrics mode, for deleted object widget is throwing an exception
- The "Product Versions" card should be active by default in the Launchpad -> VMware Cloud Foundation page
- Roles: Upgrade: "Administration Menu" is not selected after the upgrade from 8.17 to 8.18 in the described case
- Payload Template: Template name has disappeared from the Payload Template Preview
- Self Monitoring: Issues with some of the self-monitoring objects' collection states on greenfield and brownfield
- Notification: Email: Symptoms/Conditions Table is not being drawn in Email Notification
- [Troubleshooting Workbench] The "Add Peers" button is missing in the "Troubleshooting Workbench" custom scopes
- "Help" URL is broken for Dashboards
- [Platform] Custom and Dynamic properties become unavailable in Object's metric picker after the Aria Operations upgrade from the older version to 8.18
- [Launchpad] The Launchpad videos placed in the "Learn More" content are not working
- [G11N] Out of bound text on Audit Events page for French / German
- Agent Installation failing with HA Disabled Cloud Proxy Group
- Node is in "Waiting for Analytics" state
- [What-If] Show the list of existing datacenters and clusters in what-if/committed saved scenarios filtering
- [Dashboards] The widget interaction is not working in the described case
- vIDB integration doesn't work with CA certificates
- License Management: The chart data and its legend is duplicated when refreshing the License Management in chart
- [vCenter Adapter] Unnecessary calls to VC while adapter instance certificate is expired or invalid
- Postgres DB Upgrade failed on 16 nodes XL setup
- Change Dashboard Names - VCF HRM
- Schema xsd files are missing in suite-api
- Suite APIs: /internal/desiredstateconfiguration/drift/** should be hidden
- Cost Calculation fails with NullPointerException
The following CVEs have been resolved as of version 8.18 Hot Fix 1:
Note: Inclusion of a given CVE in the following table does not imply exploitability of said CVE.
| Component Name | CVE |
| apache | CVE-2024-36387 |
| CVE-2024-38472 | |
| CVE-2024-38473 | |
| CVE-2024-38474 | |
| CVE-2024-38475 | |
| CVE-2024-38476 | |
| CVE-2024-38477 | |
| CVE-2024-39573 | |
| coreutils | CVE-2024-0684 |
| cri-o | CVE-2024-5154 |
| cryptography | CVE-2023-50782 |
| CVE-2024-26130 | |
| golang-runtime | CVE-2024-24789 |
| libarchive | CVE-2024-26256 |
| CVE-2024-37407 | |
| linux_kernel | CVE-2024-24858 |
| CVE-2024-26900 | |
| CVE-2024-26945 | |
| CVE-2024-27397 | |
| CVE-2024-27400 | |
| CVE-2024-27407 | |
| CVE-2024-35848 | |
| CVE-2024-35947 | |
| CVE-2024-36891 | |
| CVE-2024-36893 | |
| CVE-2024-36897 | |
| CVE-2024-36901 | |
| CVE-2024-36902 | |
| CVE-2024-36926 | |
| CVE-2024-36930 | |
| CVE-2024-36938 | |
| CVE-2024-36965 | |
| CVE-2024-36967 | |
| CVE-2024-36969 | |
| CVE-2024-36971 | |
| CVE-2024-38571 | |
| CVE-2024-38577 | |
| CVE-2024-38581 | |
| CVE-2024-38583 | |
| CVE-2024-38603 | |
| CVE-2024-38662 | |
| CVE-2024-38667 | |
| CVE-2024-38780 | |
| CVE-2024-39277 | |
| CVE-2024-39292 | |
| CVE-2024-39474 | |
| CVE-2024-39475 | |
| CVE-2024-39476 | |
| CVE-2024-39480 | |
| CVE-2024-39481 | |
| CVE-2024-39482 | |
| CVE-2024-39484 | |
| CVE-2024-39489 | |
| CVE-2024-39493 | |
| CVE-2024-39494 | |
| CVE-2024-39495 | |
| CVE-2024-39496 | |
| CVE-2024-40902 | |
| CVE-2024-40903 | |
| CVE-2024-41009 | |
| CVE-2024-42068 | |
| CVE-2024-42070 | |
| CVE-2024-42073 | |
| CVE-2024-42076 | |
| CVE-2024-42077 | |
| CVE-2024-42080 | |
| CVE-2024-42082 | |
| openssh | CVE-2024-6387 |
Environment
VMware Aria Operations 8.18
Resolution
VMware Aria Operations 8.18 Hot Fix 1 can be applied to any 8.18.x environment.
Note: Upgrading from older versions directly to this Hot Fix is not supported. You must upgrade to 8.18.x before applying this Hot Fix.
Important: Take snapshots of each of the VMware Aria Operations nodes before applying the Hot Fix by following How to take a Snapshot of VMware Aria Operations.
- Download the VMware Aria Operations 8.18 Hot Fix 1 PAK file from the Broadcom Support Portal.
Note: You will need to login to the portal first to allow download of the file using the direct links below.
| Release Name | Release Date | Build Number | UI Build Number | File Name |
| VMware-Aria-Operations-8.18-HF1 | 8/8/2024 | 24186800 | 24186805 | vRealize_Operations_Manager_With_CP-8.10.x-to-8.18.24186800.pak |
| vrlcm-vrops-8.18.0_HF1 | *vrlcm-vrops-8.18.0-HF1.patch |
* Aria Operations HF1 for version 8.18 to be used in Aria Suite Lifecycle.
- Log in to the primary node VMware Aria Operations Administrator interface of your cluster at https://primary-node-FQDN-or-IP-address/admin .
- Click Software Update in the left panel.
- Click Install a Software Update in the main panel.
- Follow the steps in the wizard to locate and install your PAK file.
- Install the product update PAK file.
Wait for the software update to complete. When it does, the Administrator interface logs you out. - Log back into the primary node Administrator interface.
The main Cluster Status page appears and cluster goes online automatically. The status page also displays the Bring Online button, but do not click it. - Clear the browser caches and if the browser page does not refresh automatically, refresh the page.
The cluster status changes to Going Online. When the cluster status changes to Online, the upgrade is complete.
Note: If a cluster fails and the status changes to offline during the installation process of a PAK file update then some nodes become unavailable. To fix this, you can access the Administrator interface and manually take the cluster offline and click Finish Installation to continue the installation process.
- Click Software Update to check that the update is done.
A message indicating that the update completed successfully appears in the main pane.
Once the update is complete delete the snapshots you made before the software update.
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