SUSE-SU-2023:3795-1: important: Security update for open-vm-tools

Tue Sep 26 20:30:13 UTC 2023

# Security update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3795-1  
Rating: important  
References:

  * #1205927
  * #1214850
  * PED-1344

Cross-References:

  * CVE-2023-20900

CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2023-20900 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-20900 ( NVD ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has one
security fix can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

Update to 12.3.0 (build 22234872) (bsc#1214850)

  * There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.3.0 release. This is
    primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems,
    including:
  * This release integrates CVE-2023-20900 without the need for a patch. For
    more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products,
    see https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html.
  * A tools.conf configuration setting is available to temporaily direct Linux
    quiesced snaphots to restore pre open-vm-tools 12.2.0 behavior of ignoring
    file systems already frozen.
  * Building of the VMware Guest Authentication Service (VGAuth) using "xml-
    security-c" and "xerces-c" is being deprecated.
  * A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed.
  * A number of GitHub issues and pull requests have been handled. Please see
    the Resolves Issues section of the Release Notes.
  * For issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the
    Release Notes.
  * For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/releases/tag/stable-12.3.0
  * Release Notes are available at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/blob/stable-12.3.0/ReleaseNotes.md
  * The granular changes that have gone into the 12.3.0 release are in the
    ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/blob/stable-12.3.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
  * Fix (bsc#1205927) - hv_vmbus module is loaded unnecessarily in VMware guests
  * jsc#PED-1344 - reinable building containerinfo plugin for SLES 15 SP4.

## 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-SP5-2023-3795=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3795=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3795=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-4.59.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205927
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214850
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-1344

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