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