Oracle alert ELSA-2025-17429 (open-vm-tools)

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[El-errata] ELSA-2025-17429 Important: Oracle Linux 10 open-vm-tools security update
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:34:34 -0700
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-17429

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-17429.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 10 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux
Network:

x86_64:
open-vm-tools-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
open-vm-tools-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol10/SRPMS-updates/open-vm-tools-12...

Related CVEs:

CVE-2025-41244




Description of changes:

[12.5.0-1.0.1.el10_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]

[12.5.0-1.el10_0.1]
- ovt-Address-CVE-2025-41244.patch [RHEL-117381]
- Resolves: RHEL-117381
  ([CISA Major Incident] CVE-2025-41244 open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools
[rhel-10.0.z])


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