SUSE-RU-2019:0667-1: moderate: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2019:0667-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1115118 #1121964 #1122435 #1124397 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4
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   An update that has four 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)
   - Bugfix: open-vm-tools has logged warnings, when taking a snapshot of a
     Linux guest on a vSphere host.
   - Bugfix: 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 Server 12-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-667=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-667=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.5-4.3.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.5-4.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.5-4.3.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.5-4.3.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.5-4.3.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115118
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121964
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1122435
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1124397