Security update of open-vm-tools
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2026:20114-1 |
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| Release Date: | 2026-01-20T11:00:32Z |
| Rating: | important |
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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:
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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-158=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (x86_64)
- libvmtools0-13.0.5-160000.1.1
- 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-debugsource-13.0.5-160000.1.1