Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2020:3895 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2020-09-29
Updated:
2020-09-29

RHEA-2020:3895 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

open-vm-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7.

Description

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.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1806675 - [ESXi][RHEL7.9]Rebase open-vm-tools to 11.0.5 for RHEL 7.9
  • BZ - 1809753 - [ESXi][RHEL7.9]open-vm-tools add appinfo plugin patch
  • BZ - 1818109 - [ESXi][RHEL7.9]open-vm-tools coverity scan issue

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 80bf4f50f4215ad1903e0910c7c6c6181c85be8aacb48a3407fe8dfb609657b1
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5478bdfcbf196325b6ead287cfbf884c01aa421752c1d9cd659bc0a4a015bc8c
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 606228faab1865334086e4929d220182333cd5254139ba7537eec938e93932e3
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162b0358f4935d5b9872e594eb3418e01ffad7f47a3f7c68508a3090275c3725
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6fd7dd63b48b6684986340f49ac3181c0a4e179436f526cb5e94e5b86f8ac26e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 80bf4f50f4215ad1903e0910c7c6c6181c85be8aacb48a3407fe8dfb609657b1
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5478bdfcbf196325b6ead287cfbf884c01aa421752c1d9cd659bc0a4a015bc8c
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 606228faab1865334086e4929d220182333cd5254139ba7537eec938e93932e3
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162b0358f4935d5b9872e594eb3418e01ffad7f47a3f7c68508a3090275c3725
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6fd7dd63b48b6684986340f49ac3181c0a4e179436f526cb5e94e5b86f8ac26e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 80bf4f50f4215ad1903e0910c7c6c6181c85be8aacb48a3407fe8dfb609657b1
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5478bdfcbf196325b6ead287cfbf884c01aa421752c1d9cd659bc0a4a015bc8c
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 606228faab1865334086e4929d220182333cd5254139ba7537eec938e93932e3
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162b0358f4935d5b9872e594eb3418e01ffad7f47a3f7c68508a3090275c3725
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6fd7dd63b48b6684986340f49ac3181c0a4e179436f526cb5e94e5b86f8ac26e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 80bf4f50f4215ad1903e0910c7c6c6181c85be8aacb48a3407fe8dfb609657b1
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5478bdfcbf196325b6ead287cfbf884c01aa421752c1d9cd659bc0a4a015bc8c
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 606228faab1865334086e4929d220182333cd5254139ba7537eec938e93932e3
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162b0358f4935d5b9872e594eb3418e01ffad7f47a3f7c68508a3090275c3725
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6fd7dd63b48b6684986340f49ac3181c0a4e179436f526cb5e94e5b86f8ac26e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 80bf4f50f4215ad1903e0910c7c6c6181c85be8aacb48a3407fe8dfb609657b1
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5478bdfcbf196325b6ead287cfbf884c01aa421752c1d9cd659bc0a4a015bc8c
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d8577ec754adf80ee744e23a08c5f26389ca3dc7964a4d02017df6f33359c67
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 606228faab1865334086e4929d220182333cd5254139ba7537eec938e93932e3
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162b0358f4935d5b9872e594eb3418e01ffad7f47a3f7c68508a3090275c3725
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6fd7dd63b48b6684986340f49ac3181c0a4e179436f526cb5e94e5b86f8ac26e

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