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VMSA-2024-0019 – VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation vulnerabilities

VMware has released a security advisory that addresses vulnerabilities CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813. These vulnerabilities can allow for heap-overflow and privilege escalation attacks. VMware has published fixes for both vulnerabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation and vCenter Server. Impacted Products: CVE-2024-38812 | VMware vCenter Server heap-overflow vulnerability Description:The vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. VMware […]

Redeploy NSX Edge Trasport Node using API

In this post, we will redeploy the NSX Edge Transport Node using the NSX Manager API call where you can easily and quickly redeploy your edge node. I am in a situation, where my nodes are not responding as I am constantly testing things in my Lab, so I wanted to share how you can do that in your production […]

FortiOS 7.6.0 has been released!

Fortinet has released the new version of FortiOS 7.6.0. FortiOS 7.6.0 Release NotesNew FeaturesAdministration GuideBest PracticesCLI ReferenceResolved IssuesKnown IssuesFortiOS 7.6 VMware Solution Supported models FortiOS 7.6.0 supports the following models. FortiGate FG-40F, FG-40F-3G4G, FG-60F, FG-61F, FG-70F, FG-71F, FG-80F, FG-80F-BP, FG-80F-DSL, FG-80F-POE, FG-81F, FG-81F-POE, FG-100F, FG-101F, FG-200E, FG-200F, FG-201E, FG-201F, FG-300E, FG-301E, FG‑400E, FG-400E-BP, FG‑401E, FG-400F, FG-401F, FG‑500E, FG-501E, FG-600E, FG-601E, FG-600F, FG-601F, […]

VMware NSX 4.2.0 has been released

VMware NSX 4.2.0 has been released. NSX 4.2.0 provides various new features, offering new functionalities for virtualized networking and security for private, public, and multi-clouds. Easy adoption of virtual networking for virtual machines connected to VLAN topologies What’s New Full list of new capabilities Resolved IssuesKnown IssuesNSX Quick Start GuideNSX Installation GuideNSX Administration GuideNSX Upgrade Guide

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 has been released

VCF 5.2 has been released today. What’s New VMware Cloud Foundation Bill of Materials (BOM) Software Component Version Date Build Number Cloud Builder VM 5.2 23 JUL 2024 24108943 SDDC Manager 5.2 23 JUL 2024 24108943 VMware vCenter Server Appliance 8.0 Update 3a 18 JUL 2024 24091160 VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3 25 JUN 2024 24022510 VMware vSAN Witness Appliance […]

VMware Cloud Foundation on my Lab

I am writing this article because I had trouble understanding the best way to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) in a lab environment, given our limited resources and the high demands of VCF. For example, using the VCF Holodeck Toolkit requires 384 GB of RAM, which is beyond our current capacity. To address this issue, I searched for ways to […]

Renew NSX Internal Self-Signed Certificates

Once you have installed the NSX Manager, the internal self-sign certificate will be generated and configured with different services like the manager web console. These certificates have a lifetime and will expire one day, so we need to renew the certificates and we are going to renew the self-sign certificates. One important aspect of this is ensuring that the self-signed […]

VMSA-2024-0012 – VMware vCenter Server – Multiple Vulnerabilities

VMware has addressed several critical vulnerabilities CVE-2024-37079, CVE-2024-37080, and CVE-2024-37081 in the vCenter Server that could allow remote code execution (RCE) or privilege escalation. Updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products. Impacted Products:VMware Cloud FoundationVMware vCenter Server CVE-2024-37079 & CVE-2024-37080 – Multiple heap overflow vulnerabilities with the DCERPC protocol. The severity of this vulnerability has the maximum […]

FortiOS 7.4.4 is Released

On 20.12.2023 FortiOS 7.4.4 was released. FortiOS 7.4.4 Release Notes Administration Guide CLI reference Resolved issues Known issues Support Matrix for FortiOS 7.4.4: FortiGate FG-40F, FG-40F-3G4G, FG-60E, FG-60E-DSL, FG-60E-DSLJ, FG-60E-POE, FG-60F, FG-61E, FG-61F, FG-70F, FG-71F, FG-80E, FG-80E-POE, FG-80F, FG-80F-BP, FG-80F-DSL, FG-80F-POE, FG-81E, FG-81E-POE, FG-81F, FG-81F-POE, FG-90E, FG-91E, FG-100F, FG-101F, FG-140E, FG-140E-POE, FG-200E, FG-200F, FG-201E, FG-201F, FG-300E, FG-301E, FG‑400E, FG-400E-BP, FG‑401E, […]

NSX Training | Segment DHCP Server

Today, I’m excited to share a new tutorial video that I’ve created, which walks you through the process of configuring a Segment DHCP server in VMware NSX. Why Configure a DHCP Server in VMware NSX?Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is crucial for automating IP address allocation and management in a network. By configuring a DHCP server within VMware NSX, you […]