Security update of open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20100-1
Release Date: 2026-01-20T11:02:10Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-41244 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

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

Description:

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

Update to open-vm-tools 13.0.5 based on build 24915695. (boo#1250692):

Please refer to the Release Notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md.

The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog.

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue.

This release resolves and includes the patch for CVE-2025-41244. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products, see VMSA-2025-0015.

A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use "systemctl reboot", if available.

For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the What's New and Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

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 Server 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-158=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-158=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • libvmtools0-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • libvmtools-devel-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • libvmtools0-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • libvmtools-devel-13.0.5-160000.1.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.5-160000.1.1

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