Debian 11: open-vm-tools Security Flaw DLA-4316-1 CVE-2025-41244

An issue was found in open-vm-tools, a set of tools for VMs hosted on
VMware. The issue is related to a local privilege escalation in
combination with the get-versions.sh script, shipped with the service
discovery plugin (open-vm-tools-sdmp).


For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.

For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/open-vm-tools

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS