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Package "open-vm-tools-desktop"

Name: open-vm-tools-desktop

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Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
Latest version: 2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1
Release: oracular (24.10)
Level: security
Repository: main
Head package: open-vm-tools
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools

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base main 2:12.4.5-1
updates main 2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1
PPA: Mint Upstream 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu5mint1

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Version: 2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1 2025-05-14 02:07:32 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1) oracular-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: insecure file handling vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-22247.patch: properly check symlinks and path
      traversal chars in open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/VGAuthUtil.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/VGAuthUtil.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/prefs.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/usercheck.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/alias.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/service.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/serviceInt.h.
    - CVE-2025-22247

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 06 May 2025 08:18:58 -0400
CVE-2025-22247 VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the loca


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