Security update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:01658-1
Release Date:	2025-05-22T13:35:59Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1237147 bsc#1237180 bsc#1241938 bsc#1243106
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-22247
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:	openSUSE Leap 15.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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

Description:

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

Update to 12.5.2:

Security fixes:

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

Other fixes:

• Fixed GCC 15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)
• Fixed building with containerd 1.7.25+ (bsc#1237147)
• Ensure vmtoolsd.service and vgauthd.service are set to enabled by default (bsc#1237180)

Full changelog:

https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

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:

• openSUSE Leap 15.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-1658=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-1658=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools-devel-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (x86_64)
  • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • libvmtools0-12.5.2-150300.58.1
  • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150300.58.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22247.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237147
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237180
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241938
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243106