Release Date: June 28, 2018
This ESXi patch provides part of the hypervisor-assisted guest mitigation of CVE-2018-3639 for guest operating systems. For important details on this mitigation, see VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0012.1.
Download Filename:
ESXi550-201806001.zip
Build:
8934887
Download Size:
364.8 MB
md5sum:
6c635c428443a845e5936893e1515da2
sha1checksum:
4ce624b0cb371b2038f6664aec8fc27b4f32a4ee
Host Reboot Required: Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required: Yes
Bulletins
Bulletin ID | Category | Severity | Knowledge Base Article |
ESXi550-201806401-BG | Bugfix | Important | 55905 |
ESXi550-201806402-BG | Bugfix | Important | 55906 |
Rollup Bulletin
This rollup bulletin contains the latest VIBs with all the fixes since the initial release of ESXi 5.5.
Bulletin ID | Category | Severity |
ESXi550-201806001 |
Bugfix |
Important |
Image Profiles
Image Profile Name | Knowledge Base Article |
ESXi-5.5.0-20180604001-standard | 55903 |
ESXi-5.5.0-20180604001-no-tools | 55904 |
For information on patch and update classification, see KB 2014447.
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.