Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:0412-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update of open-vm-tools to version 10.2.0 provides the following fixes and improvements:

  • Build deploypackage plugin for SLES11 making the VMware provided open-vm-tools-deploypkg obsolete. (bsc#1062837)
  • Fix a memory leak in vmtoolsd.
  • Add SUSE Server for SAP Applications to hostinfoPosix.c.
  • Fix a crash when stopping vmtoolsd.
  • Add new GOS definitions (e.g. SLES 15) for virtual hardware version 14.
  • Add /usr/bin/vmware-user symlink to vmware-user-suid-wrapper.
  • Provide vmware-vgauth-smoketest for VGAUthservice validation.
  • Modify udev rules to only adjust timeout on disk devices. (bsc#1063320)
  • Enable building with ssl capabilities for SLES11.
  • Tools Hgfs Plugin: refresh Hgfs drives on client start
  • Report version data via guestinfo vars
  • Add entries for MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to guest_os_tables.h.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-279=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-279=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-279=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-279=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1

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