VMware ESXi 5.5, Patch Release ESXi550-201803001
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VMware ESXi 5.5, Patch Release ESXi550-201803001

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Article ID: 334714

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Release Date: March 20, 2018

This ESXi patch provides part of the hypervisor-assisted guest mitigation of CVE-2017-5715 for guest operating systems. For important details on this mitigation, see VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0004.3.

Download Filename:

ESXi550-201803001.zip

Build:

7967571

Download Size:

364.6 MB

md5sum:

c3213d1d7656707bda2de4853259d4bc

sha1checksum:

9965708c3b7b7735f1af36732ef36c3955f0048b

Host Reboot Required: Yes

Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required: Yes

Bulletins

Bulletin IDCategorySeverityKnowledge Base Article
ESXi550-201803401-BGBugfixImportant52449
ESXi550-201803402-BGBugfixImportant52450


Image Profiles

Image Profile NameKnowledge Base Article
ESXi-5.5.0-20180304001-standard52447

ESXi-5.5.0-20180304001-no-tools		52448


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-5.5.0-20180304001-standard image profile, see KB 52447.
For information about the issues fixed with the ESXi-5.5.0-20180304001-no-tools image profile, see KB 52448.

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.

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