gpp_maybe Security update of open-vm-tools

SUSE-SLES-16.0-158

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: Update to open-vm-tools 13.0.5 based on build 24915695. (boo#1250692): Please refer to the Release Notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md. The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog. There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue. This release resolves and includes the patch for CVE-2025-41244. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products, see VMSA-2025-0015. A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use "systemctl reboot", if available. For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the What's New and Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

• Release Date
  Jan 20 2026
• References
  Bugzilla: 1250373, 1250692
  CVEs: CVE-2025-41244
• Type
  security
• Severity
  important

cloud_download Downloads

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 x86_64

• Packages
  libvmtools-devel
  Open Virtual Machine Tools - Development headers

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  libvmtools0
  Open Virtual Machine Tools - shared library

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools
  Open Virtual Machine Tools

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-containerinfo
  Container Info Plugin

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-desktop
  User experience components for Open Virtual Machine Tools

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-sdmp
  Service Discovery Plugin

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 x86_64

• Packages
  libvmtools-devel
  Open Virtual Machine Tools - Development headers

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  libvmtools0
  Open Virtual Machine Tools - shared library

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools
  Open Virtual Machine Tools

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-containerinfo
  Container Info Plugin

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-desktop
  User experience components for Open Virtual Machine Tools

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-sdmp
  Service Discovery Plugin

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 aarch64

• Packages
  libvmtools-devel
  Open Virtual Machine Tools - Development headers

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  libvmtools0
  Open Virtual Machine Tools - shared library

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools
  Open Virtual Machine Tools

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-containerinfo
  Container Info Plugin

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-desktop
  User experience components for Open Virtual Machine Tools

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm

  open-vm-tools-sdmp
  Service Discovery Plugin

  13.0.5-160000.1.1 lock rpm