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

ELSA-2023-7265 Important: Oracle Linux 8 open-vm-tools security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-7265

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-7265.html

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

x86_64:
open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.0.1.el8_9.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.0.1.el8_9.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.5-3.0.1.el8_9.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-3.0.1.el8_9.1.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.0.1.el8_9.1.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2023-34058
CVE-2023-34059

Description of changes:

[12.2.5-3.0.1.1]
- Fix CVE-2023-34058 open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass
- Fix CVE-2023-34059 open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper

[12.2.5-3.0.1]
- Fix spaces in vmware udev rule for scsi devices [Orabug: 24461968]
- Fix vmware udev rule in 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules file. [Orabug: 22815019]
- Increase timeout for scsi devices on VMWare guests by adding a udev rule. [Orabug: 21819156]