This document tracks the release of 8.x patches to the Photon Operating System bundled in VMware vCenter Server.
You can download the deliverables from the VMware Patch Download Center.
This document tracks the release of 8.x patches to the Photon Operating System bundled in VMware vCenter Server.
You can download the deliverables from the VMware Patch Download Center.
To apply the Photon OS security patches to the vCenter Server Appliance, you can use one of the methods.
Deploy a new vCenter Server by using either the GUI or the CLI installer.
For information about doing a fresh install of the vCenter Server Appliance, see Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
Upgrade to the version of the vCenter Server Appliance containing the latest Photon OS security patches by using either the GUI or the CLI installer.
For information about upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance, see Upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance.
Patch the appliance either by using the appliance shell or the Appliance Management Interface.
IMPORTANT: You can update the vCenter Server Appliance with Photon OS patches released within one and the same Update release.
For information on patching the vCenter Server Appliance, see Patching and Updating vCenter Server 8.0 Deployments.
Perform a file-based backup and restore where in the restore process you deploy a new appliance containing the latest Photon OS security patches..
For information performing a file-based backup and restore of the vCenter Server Appliance, see Restore vCenter Server from a File-Based Backup.
Migrate a vCenter Server on Windows instance to a version of the vCenter Server Appliance containing the latest Photon OS security patches.
For information about performing a migration of vCenter Server on Windows to vCenter Server Appliance, see Migrating vCenter Server for Windows to vCenter Server Appliance.
vCenter Server 8.0b
| Release Date |
Build Number |
Patch Name |
Affect Package |
New Package Version |
CVEs Addressed |
| 14 February 2023 |
21216066 |
vCenter Server 8.0b (Security fixes for Photon OS) |
apache-ant |
1.10.12-1.ph3 |
CVE-2020-11979 |
| CVE-2017-1000487 |
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| CVE-2022-24839 |
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| apache-tomcat |
8.5.78-2.ph3 |
CVE-2022-29885 |
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| c-ares |
1.16.1-2.ph3 |
CVE-2020-8277 |
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| cifs-utils |
6.8-4.ph3 |
CVE-2022-27239 |
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| containerd |
1.4.13-5.ph3 |
CVE-2022-23648 |
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| curl |
7.86.0-2.ph3 |
CVE-2022-32207 |
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| CVE-2022-22576 |
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| CVE-2022-27782 |
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| CVE-2022-27781 |
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| CVE-2022-27775 |
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| CVE-2021-22946 |
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| CVE-2021-22926 |
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| CVE-2020-8286 |
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| CVE-2020-8285 |
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| CVE-2022-42915 |
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| CVE-2022-42916 |
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| glibc |
2.28-22.ph3 |
CVE-2022-23219 |
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| CVE-2022-23218 |
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| CVE-2021-33574 |
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| CVE-2021-35942 |
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| CVE-2021-3999 |
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| CVE-2021-3998 |
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| CVE-2021-43396 |
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| CVE-2021-38604 |
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| CVE-2021-3326 |
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| libarchive |
3.3.3-8.ph3 |
CVE-2021-31566 |
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| CVE-2021-23177 |
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| libtasn1 |
4.14-2.ph3 |
CVE-2021-46848 |
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| libxml2 |
2.9.11-8.ph3 |
CVE-2022-2309 |
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| libxslt |
1.1.34-1.ph3 |
CVE-2021-30560 |
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| linux |
4.19.264-6.ph3 |
CVE-2022-2977 |
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| CVE-2022-39842 |
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| CVE-2022-2938 |
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| CVE-2022-20368 |
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| CVE-2022-2327 |
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| CVE-2022-34918 |
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| CVE-2022-32250 |
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| CVE-2022-1786 |
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| CVE-2022-29581 |
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| CVE-2022-30594 |
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| CVE-2022-1652 |
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| CVE-2022-27666 |
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| CVE-2022-1011 |
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| CVE-2022-24958 |
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| CVE-2021-4197 |
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| CVE-2021-4037 |
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| CVE-2022-36946 |
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| nghttp2 |
1.41.0-2.ph3 |
CVE-2015-8659 |
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| CVE-2020-11080 |
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| openldap |
2.4.57-3.ph3 |
CVE-2022-29155 |
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| openssl |
1.0.2ze-3.ph3 |
CVE-2022-2068 |
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| CVE-2022-1292 |
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| CVE-2022-0778 |
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| CVE-2021-23840 |
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| pcre |
8.44-2.ph3 |
CVE-2019-20838 |
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| postgresql |
10.22-1.ph3 |
CVE-2022-2625 |
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| ruby |
2.5.8-4.ph3 |
CVE-2020-10663 |
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| CVE-2020-25613 |
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| runc |
1.1.3-3.ph3 |
CVE-2022-29162 |
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| sysstat |
12.7.1-1.ph3 |
CVE-2022-39377 |
