Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0538-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

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

  • updated to 11.2.5 (build 17337674) (bsc#1180997)
  • Some potential memory leaks were fixed
  • The SUSE specific vmtoolsd PAM configuration file incorrectly referenced pam_securetty.so

Some minor issues have been fixed as well. Please refer to the rpm's changelog file in order to see the full list of all changes.

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-538=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-538=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • libvmtools0-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.2.5-4.12.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.2.5-4.12.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.2.5-4.12.1

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