AlmaLinux alert ALSA-2025:A001 (open-vm-tools)

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[Announce]  [Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A001: open-vm-tools security update (Moderate)
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Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:22 +0000
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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2025-06-19

Summary:

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a
set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user
experience of virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

* open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest virtual machine
(VM) may tamper with the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.
(CVE-2025-22247)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments,
and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information:
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-A001.html

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