Recommended update for open-vm-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:0703-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1115118 #1121964 #1122435 #1124397 #1126102
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

  • Link VGAuthService to libxmlsec1 rather than libxml-security-c in SLE products where available. (bsc#1122435)
  • Improve handling of certain quiesced snapshot failures. (bsc#1124397)
  • Update vmtoolsd.service to support cloud-init customization by default by adding "DefaultDependencies=no" and "Before=cloud-init-local.service" to the [Unit] section of vmtoolsd.service. (bsc#1121964)
  • open-vm-tools has logged warnings, when taking a snapshot of a Linux guest on a vSphere host.
  • open-vm-tools service crashed on Linux systems which are not running on a VMware platform.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended 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 Workstation Extension 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-2019-703=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-2019-703=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-703=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-703=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-703=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 (x86_64):
    • libxmlsec1-1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-nss1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-nss1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debugsource-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-nss-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-openssl-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libxmlsec1-gcrypt1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-gcrypt1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-gnutls1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-gnutls1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debugsource-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-gnutls-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-openssl-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libxmlsec1-gcrypt1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-gcrypt1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-gnutls1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-gnutls1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debugsource-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-gcrypt-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-gnutls-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-openssl-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 (x86_64):
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.11.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libxmlsec1-1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-nss1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-nss1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • libxmlsec1-openssl1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debuginfo-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-debugsource-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-nss-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
    • xmlsec1-openssl-devel-1.2.26-3.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (x86_64):
    • libvmtools-devel-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • libvmtools0-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.11.3
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-3.11.3

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