Security update for open-vm-tools SUSE Patch security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE-SU-2023:3795-1 Final 1 1 2023-09-26T16:06:28Z current 2023-09-26T16:06:28Z 2023-09-26T16:06:28Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf.pl 2017-02-24T01:00:00Z Security update for open-vm-tools 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. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). SUSE-2023-3795,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3795 Copyright SUSE LLC under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233795-1/ Link for SUSE-SU-2023:3795-1 https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2023-September/016333.html E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2023:3795-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205927 SUSE Bug 1205927 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214850 SUSE Bug 1214850 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900/ SUSE CVE CVE-2023-20900 page SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 libvmtools-devel-12.3.0-4.59.1 libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1 open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1 open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1 libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html  in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html . CVE-2023-20900 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5:libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5:libvmtools0-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-4.59.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5:open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-4.59.1 important To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233795-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900.html CVE-2023-20900 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214566 SUSE Bug 1214566