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Veritas Access Appliance Upgrade Guide

Last Published: 2019-03-14

Product(s): Appliances (7.4.2, 7.3.2)

Platform: 3340

Introduction
Performing pre-upgrade tasks
1. Running a software self-test
2. Installing EEB to resolve the Spectre vulnerability (CVE-2017-5715)
Upgrading the Access 3340 Appliance
1. Downloading the appliance software release updates
  1. Downloading software updates directly to an Access 3340 appliance node
  2. Downloading software updates to an Access 3340 appliance node using a client share
2. Upgrading Access 3340 Appliance version 7.3.2 to 7.4.2
  1. Installing an appliance software update on the Access 3340 Appliance
  2. Reviewing the license requirements

Installing EEB to resolve the Spectre vulnerability (CVE-2017-5715)

CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2) is an indirect branching poisoning attack that can lead to data leakage. This attack allows a virtual guest to read memory from the host system. If you have not already installed the patch to resolve this vulnerability, install this Emergency Engineering Binary (EEB) when you upgrade from Access 3340 Appliance version 7.3.2 to 7.4.2.

To install the EEB, refer to the following tech note:

Veritas Access 3340 Appliance BIOS update for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2)