An open-vm-tools security update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

ELSA-2023-3949 Low: Oracle Linux 8 open-vm-tools security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-3949

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3949.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-1.0.2.el8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-1.0.2.el8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-1.0.2.el8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-1.0.2.el8.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//open-vm-tools-12.1.5-1.0.2.el8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2023-20867

Description of changes:

[12.1.5-1.0.2]
- [CISA Major Incident] CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module