SUSE-RU-2019:0696-1: 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-2019:0696-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1115118 #1121964 #1122435 #1124397 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
                    SUSE CaaS Platform ALL
                    SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
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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)
   - Improves 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)
   - Update open-vm-tools to 10.3.5 (bsc#1115118)
   - 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-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-696=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-696=1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:

      To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard.
      It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
      updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:

      To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard.
      It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
      updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.5-3.22.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.5-3.22.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.5-3.22.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-3.22.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.5-3.22.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.5-3.22.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.5-3.22.1


References:

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