Security update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20379-1
Release Date: 2025-06-08T13:23:03Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-22247 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-22247 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-22247 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Updated to 12.5.2:

  • CVE-2025-22247: Fixed insecure file handling (bsc#1243106)

  • Fixed gcc15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)

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 Micro 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-345=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-1.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-1.1
    • libvmtools0-12.5.2-1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-1.1

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