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Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:13.0.5
open-vm-tools 13.0.5 was released on Sept 29, 2025 - based on build 24915695
There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is
primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue.
This release resolves [CVE-2025-41244](
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41244). For more information on
this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products,
see [VMSA-2025-0015](
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
).
- A patch to address CVE-2025-41244 on earlier open-vm-tools releases is
provided to the Linux community at [CVE-2025-41244.patch](
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/CVE-2025-41244.patch).
A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The
DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use "systemctl reboot", if available.
For complete details, see:
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-13.0.5.
Release Notes are available at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md.
For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the
[What's New](
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md#whatsnew)
and [Resolved Issues ](
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md#resolved-issues)
section of the Release Notes.
The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release
are in the ChangeLog at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
An additional one-off patch is available for Guest OS Customization to
handle the new exit code 2 (recoverable error) from cloud-init. This patch
can be directly applied to the open-vm-tools source from version 12.1.5
through 13.0.5. If desired, download this patch from
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/Handle-new-cloud-init-error-code.patch
Please rebase open-vm-tools to release 13.0.5 on supported Debian
releases as appropriate.
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Version: 2:13.0.5-1
Hi John,
its already in unstable.
Bernd
On 2025-09-30 22:06, John Wolfe Jr wrote:
Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:13.0.5
open-vm-tools 13.0.5 was released on Sept 29, 2025 - based on build
24915695
There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is
primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue.
This release resolves [CVE-2025-41244](
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41244). For more information
on
this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products,
see [VMSA-2025-0015](
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
).
- A patch to address CVE-2025-41244 on earlier open-vm-tools releases
is
provided to the Linux community at [CVE-2025-41244.patch](
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/CVE-2025-41244.patch).
A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The
DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use "systemctl reboot", if
available.
For complete details, see:
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-13.0.5.
Release Notes are available at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md.
For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the
[What's New](
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md#whatsnew)
and [Resolved Issues ](
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md#resolved-issues)
section of the Release Notes.
The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5
release
are in the ChangeLog at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
An additional one-off patch is available for Guest OS Customization to
handle the new exit code 2 (recoverable error) from cloud-init. This
patch
can be directly applied to the open-vm-tools source from version 12.1.5
through 13.0.5. If desired, download this patch from
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/Handle-new-cloud-init-error-code.patch
Please rebase open-vm-tools to release 13.0.5 on supported Debian
releases as appropriate.
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