Bug 2236603 - open-vm-tools version 12.3.0 has been released - please rebase
Summary: open-vm-tools version 12.3.0 has been released - please rebase
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: open-vm-tools
Version: 38
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: John Wolfe
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-31 21:36 UTC by John Wolfe
Modified: 2023-09-20 01:06 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: open-vm-tools-12.3.0-1.fc38 open-vm-tools-12.3.0-1.fc39 open-vm-tools-12.3.0-1.fc37
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Last Closed: 2023-09-14 01:28:34 UTC
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Description John Wolfe 2023-08-31 21:36:59 UTC
Description of problem: open-vm-tools 12.3.0 has been released


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 12.3.0


Additional info:

open-vm-tools 12.3.0 was released on Aug.31, 2023.


	
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Bug Description

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.3.0 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems, including:

    This release resolves CVE-2023-20900. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html.

    A tools.conf configuration setting is available to temporaily direct Linux quiesced snaphots to restore pre open-vm-tools 12.2.0 behavior of ignoring file systems already frozen.

    Building of the VMware Guest Authentication Service (VGAuth) using "xml-security-c" and "xerces-c" is being deprecated.

    A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed.

    A number of GitHub issues and pull requests have been handled. Please see the Resolves Issues section of the Release Notes.

    For issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.3.0

Release Notes are available at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.3.0/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 12.3.0 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.3.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2023-09-11 05:24:30 UTC
FEDORA-2023-20b6ac4b6c has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-20b6ac4b6c

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2023-09-11 05:26:54 UTC
FEDORA-2023-df375d0634 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-df375d0634

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2023-09-11 05:30:29 UTC
FEDORA-2023-9b1a1023ac has been submitted as an update to Fedora 37. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-9b1a1023ac

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2023-09-12 01:23:01 UTC
FEDORA-2023-20b6ac4b6c has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-20b6ac4b6c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-20b6ac4b6c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2023-09-12 01:24:01 UTC
FEDORA-2023-df375d0634 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-df375d0634`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-df375d0634

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2023-09-12 01:29:06 UTC
FEDORA-2023-9b1a1023ac has been pushed to the Fedora 37 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-9b1a1023ac`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-9b1a1023ac

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2023-09-14 01:28:34 UTC
FEDORA-2023-df375d0634 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2023-09-15 18:57:43 UTC
FEDORA-2023-20b6ac4b6c has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2023-09-20 01:06:04 UTC
FEDORA-2023-9b1a1023ac has been pushed to the Fedora 37 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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