Malboxes - Builds Malware Analysis Windows VMs So That You Don'T Have To

Builds malware analysis Windows virtual machines so that you don’t have to. Requirements Python 3.3+ packer: https://www.packer.io/docs/install/index.html vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html VirtualBox or an vSphere / ESXi server Minimum specs for the build machine At least 5 GB of...

VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.0.x < 6.0.9 / 6.1.x < 6.1.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0029)

The version of VMware vSphere Data Protection installed on the remote host is 6.0.x 6.0.9 and 6.1.x 6.1.10. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities: - A remote command execution vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and...

"Failed to detach SCSI lun" errors in vSphere after finishing Instant Recovery or File-level restore from storage snapshots

Challenge You might see "Failed to detach SCSI lun" errors in vSphere during the unexport phase when restoring items file-level restore from storage snapshot or doing an Instant Recovery from storage snapshot because of certain VMware behaviour. Both types of the restores include a step when...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere Data Protection. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0029 and apply the...

VMSA-2018-0029:vSphere Data Protection (VDP) updates address multiple security issues.

VMSA-2018-0029 vSphere Data Protection VDP updates address multiple security issues. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0029 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Critical VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: vSphere Data Protection VDP updates address multiple...

Replication Error: The name '{vmname}' already exists.

Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication replication job fails with the following error message: Processing Error: The name 'replica' already exists. When the error above occurs within Veeam Backup & Replication the following correlating event can be found within the vSphere Events. Cause This error...

Consistent backup failures after installing vSphere 6.7 U1

Challenge After updating vCenter to 6.7U1, processing of all VMs fails with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." Cause The issue is triggered by an update to the vSphere API version in vCenter 6.7 U1. Solution The issue affects only Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a...

VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.x Information Disclosure Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0021

The version of VMware vSphere Data Protection installed on the remote host is 6.x. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid112208; scriptversion"1.4";...

Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 6

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 6. NOTE : The Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 6 cumulative patches for Veeam Backup & Replication monitoring and VMware vSphere 7.0 monitoring are available through kb2940 and kb3172 correspondingly. Cause Please confirm you are runnin...

HPE 3PAR Service Processor Information Disclosure Vulnerability

HPE 3PAR Service Processor SP is a suite of virtual service processors deployed on the VMware vSphere hypervisor from Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE, USA. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in previous versions of HPE 3PAR SP SP-5.0.0.0-22913GA, which can be exploited by an attacker t...

HPE 3PAR Service Processor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HPE 3PAR Service Processor SP is a suite of virtual service processors deployed on the VMware vSphere hypervisor from Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE, USA. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in versions prior to HPE 3PAR SP SP-4.4.0.GA-110 MU7 that can be exploited by a remote attacker t...

VMWare VVOL Support With Citrix MCS and PVS

Use of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes VMware vVOLs with CVAD MCS and PVS environments...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere, Workstation, Fusion, and Virtual Appliances. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2018-0020,...

How to change the timeouts for the vSphere Connector

Sometimes a customer's environment is much slower than we planned for. We saw a scenario where disk moves and copies were taking several hours while still completing successfully. The vSphere connector was timing out much earlier, though. The ability to configure the timeouts is in 4.3 and all...

Veeam Backup & Replication plug-in missing in vSphere HTML5 Web Client after upgrade to VMware vSphere 6.7

Challenge After installing Veeam 9.5 Update 3a and simultaneous upgrade of vSphere from 6.5 to 6.7 Veeam vSphere Web Client Plugin might stop working for vSphere HTML5 Web Client. However it is still operational in vSphere Flash/Flex Web Client. The issue is only reproducible in case the plugin w...

VMSA-2018-0012 : VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates enable Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass issue (Spectre)

vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion update speculative execution control mechanism for Virtual Machines VMs. As a result, a patched Guest Operating System GOS can remediate the Speculative Store bypass issue CVE-2018-3639 using the Speculative-Store- Bypass-Disable SSBD control bit. Thi...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup Replication 9.5 Update 3a Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, 9.5.0.823,...

VMware vSphere 6.7 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware Hypervisor releases. VMware released vSphere 6.7 in April 2018. Note: This is a live article, and is updated as and when the new information becomes available. For Current Release, vSphere 6.7 is supported with Virtual Apps and...

VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates enable Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass issue.

vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion update speculative execution control mechanism for Virtual Machines VMs. As a result, a patched Guest Operating System GOS can remediate the Speculative Store bypass issue CVE-2018-3639 using the Speculative-Store-Bypass-Disable SSBD control bit. This...

VMSA-2018-0012:VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates enable Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass issue.

VMSA-2018-0012.1 VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates enable Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass issue. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0012.1 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Moderate VMware Security Advisory...