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<h1>Security update for open-vm-tools</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:1565-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-05-16T11:05:16Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237147">bsc#1237147</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241938">bsc#1241938</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243106">bsc#1243106</a>
</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22247.html">CVE-2025-22247</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-22247</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-22247</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-22247</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Containers Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Update to 12.5.2:</p>
<p>Security fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-22247: Fixed Insecure file handling (bsc#1243106)</li>
</ul>
<p>Other fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed GCC 15 compile time error (bsc#1241938)</li>
<li>Fix building with containerd 1.7.25+ (bsc#1237147)</li>
</ul>
<p>Full changelog:</p>
<p>https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog</p>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1565=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1565=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1565=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Containers Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP6-2025-1565=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1565=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Containers Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.5.2-150600.3.12.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22247.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22247.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237147">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237147</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241938">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241938</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243106">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243106</a>
</li>
</ul>
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