Overview
Customers may use different tools in their environments to detect vulnerabilities on different servers in their environments. There can be scenarios where customers detect vulnerabilities on the VMware backup proxy. We can ask them to follow the steps below to fix the issue.
Steps
Perform the following steps to fix the vulnerabilities detected for the VMware backup proxy.
Ensure that your backup proxy is upgraded to the latest version. To upgrade a backup proxy to the latest version, see Upgrade backup proxy.
Run the command on the backup proxy to update the backup proxy with all the latest available patches:
yum update
Update the Ubuntu OS Packages:
Your Linux admin can follow the steps below to update Ubuntu:
Refresh the list of available package updates:
apt update && apt list --upgradableInstall the available updates:
apt-get upgrade -y
This command will install all available package updates. If any vulnerabilities are not patched in the current kernel version, you may need to deploy the latest OVA.
📝 Note
It is recommended to upgrade the backup proxy in your lab environment first and verify that all the proxy functionalities work as expected.