openSUSE Security Update: open-vm-tools ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0617-1 Rating: important References: #673267 #690491 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1681 CVE-2011-1787 CVE-2011-2145 CVE-2011-2146 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update. Description: This update of open-vm-tools fixes the following vulnerabilities which allowed an attacker to gain root privileges within the guest system: - CVE-2011-1681 - CVE-2011-2146 - CVE-2011-1787 - CVE-2011-2145 Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch libvmtools-devel-4693 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch libvmtools-devel-4693 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2011.05.27]: libvmtools-devel-2011.05.27-0.3.3 libvmtools0-2011.05.27-0.3.3 open-vm-tools-2011.05.27-0.3.3 open-vm-tools-gui-2011.05.27-0.3.3 vmware-guest-kmp-default-2011.05.27_k2.6.37.6_0.5-0.3.3 vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2011.05.27_k2.6.37.6_0.5-0.3.3 - openSUSE 11.4 (i586): vmware-guest-kmp-pae-2011.05.27_k2.6.37.6_0.5-0.3.3 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2011.05.27]: libvmtools-devel-2011.05.27-0.3.1 libvmtools0-2011.05.27-0.3.1 open-vm-tools-2011.05.27-0.3.1 open-vm-tools-gui-2011.05.27-0.3.1 vmware-guest-kmp-default-2011.05.27_k2.6.34.8_0.2-0.3.1 vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2011.05.27_k2.6.34.8_0.2-0.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586): vmware-guest-kmp-pae-2011.05.27_k2.6.34.8_0.2-0.3.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1681.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1787.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2145.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2146.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/673267 https://bugzilla.novell.com/690491