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Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)

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general
  • source: open-vm-tools (main)
  • version: 2:13.0.5-1
  • maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz (DMD) (LowNMU)
  • uploaders: Christian Ehrhardt [DMD]
  • arch: amd64 arm64 i386
  • std-ver: 4.6.1
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3
  • o-o-sec: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5
  • oldstable: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3
  • old-sec: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3
  • old-bpo: 2:12.5.0-2~bpo12+1
  • stable: 2:12.5.0-2
  • stable-bpo: 2:13.0.5-1~bpo13+1
  • testing: 2:13.0.5-1
  • unstable: 2:13.0.5-1
versioned links
  • 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:12.5.0-2~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:12.5.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:13.0.5-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:13.0.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • open-vm-tools (8 bugs: 0, 6, 2, 0)
  • open-vm-tools-containerinfo
  • open-vm-tools-desktop (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
  • open-vm-tools-dev
  • open-vm-tools-salt-minion
  • open-vm-tools-sdmp
action needed
2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-10-05 08:33
lintian reports 1 warning normal
Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-10-01 Last update: 2025-10-01 06:31
1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-41244: (needs triaging) VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-10-01 Last update: 2025-10-04 06:30
debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 2:13.0.5-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 1 patch where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-10-01 06:03
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.1).
Created: 2022-12-17 Last update: 2025-10-01 02:02
testing migrations
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-protobuf transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-grpc transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
news
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  • [2025-10-04] open-vm-tools 2:13.0.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-02] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.5-1~bpo12+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-10-01] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.5-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-09-30] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.5-1 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-09-30] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Thorsten Alteholz)
  • [2025-08-31] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.0-2~bpo12+1 (source amd64) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-08-29] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.0-2~bpo13+1 (source amd64) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-08-23] open-vm-tools 2:13.0.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-08-18] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.0-2 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-06-24] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.0-1 (source) into experimental (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-05-31] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2~bpo11+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-05-22] open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-05-17] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-05-14] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-05-14] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4 (source) into oldstable-security (Bernd Zeimetz) (signed by: Jochen Sprickerhof)
  • [2025-05-12] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-05-12] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-04-11] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1~bpo11+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-04-11] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2025-01-13] open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-08] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1 (source) into unstable (Christian Ehrhardt)
  • [2024-07-18] open-vm-tools 2:12.4.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-07-13] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.5-1 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2024-05-07] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1~bpo11+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: weasel@debian.org)
  • [2024-05-07] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz) (signed by: weasel@debian.org)
  • [2024-05-01] open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-04-03] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2024-04-02] open-vm-tools REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-03-01] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-5 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
  • [2023-12-13] open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 14
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 10
  • M&W: 4
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 2
  • NC: 1
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  • 31 bugs (2 patches)
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