Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0539-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-539=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-539=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-539=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • libvmtools0-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • libvmtools0-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • libvmtools0-11.2.5-4.33.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.2.5-4.33.1

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