Securitys update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
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:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3835=1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-3835=1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-3835=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3835=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3835=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3835=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3835=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3835=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-3835=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-3835=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.3.0-150300.37.1
    • libvmtools0-12.3.0-150300.37.1

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