Fedora 42: FEDORA-2025-23653a72d9 critical: open-vm-tools file handling
fedora
May 20, 2025
Update to version 12.5.2
Summary
The open-vm-tools project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. It
is a suite of open source virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the
functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines.
This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries of
open-vm-tools.
Update Information:
Update to version 12.5.2. Fixes CVE-2025-22247
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Fri May 16 2025 Simone Caronni
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2294721 - open-vm-tools version 12.4.5 has been released - please rebase
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294721
[ 2 ] Bug #2320094 - open-vm-tools version 12.5.0 has been released - please rebase
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2320094
[ 3 ] Bug #2365723 - CVE-2025-22247 open-vm-tools: Insecure file handling [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365723
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-23653a72d9' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: open-vm-tools
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 12.5.2
Release: 1.fc42
Summary: Open Virtual Machine Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware
Topics Covered
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