[VOL-5390]-avoid nil pointer exeption during onu image upgrade

Change-Id: I96f90f998837758c6a372e59fb6757ca9b688e73
Signed-off-by: Akash Soni <akash.soni@radisys.com>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ae93586..c6ec532 100755
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.7
+2.12.8