Yesterday, 2020-04-22, Nutanix released an update to its long term support (LTS) version of AOS 5.10 and the latest version is 5.10.10. This is good news for all of you running LTS and have not yet upgraded to the latest LTS release 5.15 which i blogged about here.
Read more about difference between LTS & STS (Short Term Support) here.
AOS 5.10.10 also comes with AHV version AHV 20170830.396
AOS 5.10.10 and AHV 20170830.396 comes with updates in the following areas:
- AHV
- AHV Management
- API Infra
- Data Protection
- Encryption
- Infrastructure Services
- Licensing
- Linux Kernel to address e.g.:
- CVE-2018-16884
- CVE-2019-11085
- CVE-2018-16871
- CVE-2019-11811
- CVE-2019-5489
- CVE-2019-11810
- Nutanix Health Check (NCC)
- Networking
- Nutanix Files
- Nutanix Guest Tools
- Prism Central
- Prism
- Gateway
- UI
- Security e.g.:
- According to https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5489, the mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c might allow local attackers limited remote exploitation of systems.
- Improved KEX algorithms generating strong ciphers
- CVE-2018-12207
- CVE-2019-14287
- CVE-2019-11745
- CVE-2019-18634
- Stargate
- Storage
- Zookeeper
As usual check Nutanix Software End Of Life document on a regular basis to keep you up to date.
Useful links
- Firewall Requirements 5.10.10
- AOS 5.10.10 Download
- AOS 5.10.10 Release Notes
- AHV 20170830.396 Download
- AHV 20170830.396 Release Notes
- Upgrade Path
- Hypervisor json files
- Nutanix Compatibility Matrix
- Software Product Interoperability
Enjoy the new versions and their capabilities.