KB2903: vSphere 5.5/6.0 VM Backup fails with "Exception of type 'Veeam.Backup.AgentProvider.AgentClosedException' was thrown"

Challenge When backing up a VM within an environment running vSphere 5.5 or vSphere 6.0 the job fails with: Exception of type 'Veeam.Backup.AgentProvider.AgentClosedException' was thrown Copy Version Requirement The error listed above has many causes. Directly interpreted, it means that a process...

Vulnerability of the Server component: The RBR component of the MySQL database management system, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Server component: The RBR component of the Oracle MySQL database management system is related to insufficient access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause service interruptions...

Vulnerability of the Server component: The Replication function of the MySQL database management system, which allows attackers to alter file access rights or cause service interruptions.

The vulnerability of the Server: Replication component of the Oracle MySQL database management system is related to insufficient access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to modify file access rights or cause service interruptions...

Vulnerability of the Server component: The Replication module of the MySQL database management system, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Server: Replication component of the Oracle MySQL database management system is related to insufficient access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause service interruptions...

Security Bulletin: InfoSphere Data Replication is affected by a Guava open source library vulnerability (CVE-2018-10237)

Summary InfoSphere Data Replication has addressed the following vulnerability: CVE-2018-10237 Google Guava is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper eager allocation checks in the AtomicDoubleArray and CompoundOrdering class. By sending a specially-crafted data, a remote attacker...

Security Bulletin: InfoSphere Data Replication is affected by an Apache ZooKeeper open source library vulnerability

Summary InfoSphere Data Replication has addressed the following vulnerability: CVE-2018-8012 - Apache Zookeeper could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to enforce authentication or authorization when a server attempts to join a quorum. An attacker coul...

Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture is affected by a jackson-core open source library vulnerability (CVE-2018-0125)

Summary InfoSphere Data Replication has addressed the following vulnerability: CVE-2018-0125 Cisco RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN and RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Routers could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an incomplete input validation on user-controll...

SureBackup performance impacted after installing Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

Challenge You may notice SureBackup job performance degaradation and higher space utilization after upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4 9.5.4.2615. Cause Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4 has changed the default location for redo logs for verified VMs impacting original...

Cloud replica failover fails after upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

Challenge After upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4, starting failover for a Cloud Connect replica in the VMware environment fails with the appliance related error message: Timed out waiting to obtain helper appliance VM IP address Cause Due to a newly introduced issue, the applian...

Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4 Day 0 Update [U4 RTM to U4 GA]

Challenge This "Day 0" update is intended only for environments where Veeam Backup & Replication U4 RTM 9.5.4.2399 is installed. If you are trying to update Veeam Backup & Replication and running a version older than 9.5.4.2399, download the most recent Update ISO directly Veeam website. This...

Microsoft Azure password may be found in the Veeam log file

Challenge Password for Microsoft Azure account may be found in the C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\VeeamBackupManager.log file in plain text format. Cause This vulnerability is caused by executing a command from the KB article on how to configure Granular permissions for Microsoft Azure user. Solutio...

Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture is affected by an Apache Derby open source library vulnerability (CVE-2015-1832)

Summary IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture has addressed the following vulnerability: CVE-2015-1832 - Apache Derby could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity XXE error when processing XML data by the XML datatype and XmlVTI. An attacker could...

Vulnerability of the Server component: The Replication function of the Oracle MySQL Server database management system, which allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to the device.

The vulnerability of the Oracle MySQL Server database management system’s replication component is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to gain unauthorized access to the device remotely...

Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release information for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.0 Update 2 build 9.0.0.1715 or later prio...

Cloud Connect replication fails with "The following hosts are incompatible with the target host"

Challenge An attempt to start or create a Cloud Connect replication job fails with the error message: " The following hosts are incompatible with the target host". Cause The following scenarios are known to cause the issue: 1. Tenant's Veeam installation had been updated to the latest version 9.5...

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager RESTful APIs Upgrade Instructions

Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 RTM is not compatible with the previous versions of API. Some integration may not work as expected. Cause Update 4 has introduced new Product functionality that requires extended API and incremented the required request version to v14. Solution Th...

Tenant's Remote Management status is Unknown

Challenge After installing Update 4 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.4, a Cloud Connect tenant's Remote Management status is shown as Unknown. Cause This is a minor UI issue in Update 4 that doesn't have any impact on Product functionality, Remote Management should work as usual. Solution The iss...

MySQL 5.6.x < 5.6.43 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2019 CPU)

The version of MySQL running on the remote host is 5.6.x prior to 5.6.43. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including three of the top vulnerabilities below, as noted in the January 2019 Critical Patch Update advisory: - An unspecified vulnerability in MySQL in the 'Server:...

CVE-2019-2531

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL subcomponent: Server: Replication. Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.42 and prior, 5.7.24 and prior and 8.0.13 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple...

CVE-2019-2531

CVE-2019-2531 affects the MySQL Server component (subcomponent: Server: Replication) of Oracle MySQL. Affected versions are 5.6.42 and earlier, 5.7.24 and earlier, and 8.0.13 and earlier. The vulnerability allows a high-privileged, network-access attacker to cause a hang or a frequent crash (DOS)...