SUSE-RU-2024:2665-1: moderate: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

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Tue Jul 30 16:30:20 UTC 2024


# Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:2665-1  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1227181

  
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:

  * There are no new features in this open-vm-tools release (bsc#1227181). This
    is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems,
    including:
    * A Github pull request and associated issue has been handled. Please see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes
    * A number of issues flagged by Coverity and ShellCheck have been addressed
    * A vmtoolsd process hang related to nested logging from an RPC Channel error has been fixed

## 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-SP5-2024-2665=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2665=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2665=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * libvmtools0-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * libvmtools0-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * libvmtools0-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.5-4.74.2
    * open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227181

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