Security update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01778-1
Release Date: 2025-05-30T13:05:19Z
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 Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two 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)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-1778=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • libvmtools0-12.5.2-4.83.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.5.2-4.83.1

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