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Cisco IOS XE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability – Is my Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X9-2 affected?
At 16th of October, Cisco made a vulnerability public which affects Cisco IOS XE components – Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. According the notes: This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access. The attacker can then use that account to gain control of the affected system. Vulnerable products are components where the web UI feature is enable. Components The Oracle Orivate Cloud Appliance X9-2 contains several Cisco components – see: VPAT – Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X9-2: Decision Tree The provided decision tree: Verification Let’s check the PCA components. Repeat the steps for all components according the IP list. Switch Name IP Management pcaswmn01 …
Read MoreOracle Private Cloud Appliance X5-2 – Reboot before Upgrade
I’m currently in the process of updating an older Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X5-2 combined with a ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 using the latest available patch for X5-2, version 2.4.3.2. As a precursor to the upgrade, a verification job needs to be run using Oracle’s provided tool, pca-upgrader. When initiated with the -V parameter, this tool checks the PCA’s health status and assesses all components for their readiness to be upgraded. It’s imperative that all these checks pass before initiating the actual upgrade. The first major step in this extensive procedure involves upgrading the Management Nodes. Related Links: PCA Management Node Pre-Upgrade Checks – 1st Run – FAILED The initial attempt concluded with a FAILED status – refer to the…
Read MorePCA X9-2 – Software Update Method for 3.0.2-b892153: ULN Mirror only
ULN Mirror or ISO? As of July 10, 2023, Oracle has rolled out a fresh software update for their Private Cloud Appliance X9-2, named 302-b892153 (3.0.2-M3.5). This new patch set offers not only enhancements to the system’s upgrade process but also introduces updates to several key features. These include the refined Oracle Defined Volume Backup Policies and System Backup Service, ensuring a more streamlined and efficient user experience. Upgrading the Private Cloud Appliance as described in the Administrator Guide for Release 3.0.2 in section System Upgrade is described by using the supplied ISO. This involved updates to components like the internal ZFS Storage Appliance or the Switches via the ISO command in the PCA-ADMIN console (parameter imageLocation). However, if no…
Read MorePCA X9-2 – Console Connection – virsh Version
In the previous blog post PCA X9-2 – Console Connection – How To – martinberger.com, I wrote how to connect to PCA running virtual machine by VNC viewer. If you have no VNC viewer available, the virtual machine is Linux based and only network connection to the management node is available, here is another way go get a console connection . In this case, no active Console Connection is required. Information Gathering Virtual Machine From the virtual machine you want to connect, get the Fault Domain and the OCID in the Service Enclave User Interface. In this example the virtual machine is running on FAULT-DOMAIN-1, in our case this is Compute Node 1. Compute Node IP Address On the active…
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