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Package "open-vm-tools"

Name: open-vm-tools

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Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Latest version: 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
Release: plucky (25.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools

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base main 2:12.5.0-1
base universe 2:12.5.0-1
security universe 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
updates universe 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
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Version: 2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1 2025-05-13 15:07:44 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1) plucky-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 08:15:20 -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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