SUSE-SU-2017:0702-1: moderate: Security update for open-vm-tools

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2017:0702-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1006796 #1007600 #1011057 #1013496 #1024200 
                    #971031 #994598 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-5191
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has 6 fixes is
   now available.

Description:


   This update for open-vm-tools to 10.1.0 stable brings features, fixes bugs
   and security issues:

   - New vmware-namespace-cmd command line utility
   - GTK3 support
   - Common Agent Framework (CAF)
   - Guest authentication with xmlsec1
   - Sub-command to push updated network information to the host on demand
   - Fix for quiesced snapshot failure leaving guest file system quiesced
     (bsc#1006796)
   - Fix for CVE-2015-5191 (bsc#1007600)
   - Report SLES for SAP 12 guest OS as SLES 12 (bsc#1013496)
   - Add udev rule to increase VMware virtual disk timeout values (bsc#994598)
   - Fix vmtoolsd init script to run vmtoolsd in background (bsc#971031)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-382=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-382=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.1.0-8.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.0-8.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.1.0-8.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.0-8.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.0-8.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5191.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006796
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007600
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1011057
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013496
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1024200
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/971031
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/994598