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<h1>Security update for open-vm-tools</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:03434-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-09-30T14:08:27Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250373">bsc#1250373</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244.html">CVE-2025-41244</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-41244</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-41244</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-41244</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Containers Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Containers Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7</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 Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-41244: local privilege escalation via the Service Discovery Plugin (bsc#1250373).</li>
</ul>
<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-2025-3434=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3434=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3434=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3434=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Containers Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP6-2025-3434=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Containers Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2025-3434=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-SP6-2025-3434=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-3434=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools0-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools0-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools-devel-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools0-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libvmtools-devel-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Containers Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Containers Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-13.0.0-150600.3.18.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250373">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250373</a>
</li>
</ul>
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