Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:3182-1
Rating: moderate
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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 four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides open-vm-tools 10.1.10, bringing the following fixes and enhancements:

  • Fix setting the screen resolution under Wayland environments. (bsc#1054800)
  • Map certain PAM errors to VGAUTH_E_AUTHENTICATION_DENIED.
  • Fix timesync state to be uncalibrated when adjustment is larger than 60ms.
  • Fix a crash when the VSS provider is not installed.
  • Add support for the new copy and paste selection target named "text/rtf".
  • Previously Common Agent Framework (CAF) builds were linking against specific versions of PCRE and libiconv. That restriction has been removed.
  • Reverts a fix that was causing intermittent hangs during soft reboots of some Linux VMs.
  • Fix a problem that was causing VMs to freeze during snapshots. (bsc#1051627)

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-SP3-2017-1979=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1979=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1979=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1979=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)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.3.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-3.3.3

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