SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1: important: Securitys update for open-vm-tools

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A open-vm-tools security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.4/15.5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise.



SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1: important: Securitys update for open-vm-tools


# Securitys update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1
Rating: important
References:

* #1205927
* #1214850
* PED-1344

Cross-References:

* CVE-2023-20900

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

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205927
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214850
* https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-1344



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