VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Patch 3 Release Notes

This document contains the following sections

Release Details

Here is the release date and build number for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Patch 3.
Release
Release Date
Build Number
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Patch 3
10 January 2024
23061684

What's New

The following updates are available in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Patch 3:
  • Removal of SHA1 hashes from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Known Issues

Product Deployment and Day-2 Operations failure due to SHA1 weak ciphers/algorithms removal from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
After applying VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Patch 3, you may encounter deployment and day-2 operation failures, attributed to the elimination of weak algorithms in Suite Lifecycle. To prevent such issues, it is recommended to either turn on FIPS in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle or implement the specified workarounds on other VMware Aria Products, as outlined in the KB 95835.
Sample Exception : InvalidKeySpecException: key spec not recognized

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Patch 3 Installation Procedure

This section describes the prerequisites and the download instructions you should know before installing the software.
If the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA is not connected to the Internet, you can download this patch from the VMware Customer Connect
VMware Patch Download Center
. Select
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
in the 
Search by Product 
drop-down menu to download the patch. Import the patch into the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VM in the /data/ directory and then do the patch mapping by selecting this location.
If the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA is connected to the Internet, perform the following steps.
  1. Verify that you have taken a snapshot of the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA.
  2. Log in to the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA.
  3. From the
    Lifecycle Operations
    dashboard, navigate to
    Settings > Binary Mapping
     and click
    Patch Binaries.
  4. Click
    CHECK PATCHES ONLINE
    and once the request is complete, search for
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12
    patch and download the patch.
  5. Once you have downloaded the patch, navigate to
    Settings > System Patches
    .
  6. Click
    NEW PATCH
    , select the patch, and click
    NEXT
    .
  7. To install the patch, click
    INSTALL
    . Once the patch install is triggered successfully, VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle services are restarted and you are redirected to the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle UI login page.
     
    Note:
    To verify your new patch, from the
    Lifecycle Operations
    dashboard, navigate to
    Settings >System Patches
    , and check
    Patch Details
    .