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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7508-1
May 13, 2025

open-vm-tools vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Open VM Tools could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Software Description:
- open-vm-tools: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware

Details:

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain file
operations. An attacker in a guest could use this issue to perform insecure
file operations and possibly elevate privileges in the guest.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  open-vm-tools                   2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.10
  open-vm-tools                   2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  open-vm-tools                   2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  open-vm-tools                   2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7508-1
  CVE-2025-22247

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.4.5-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8