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New security vulnerability VMware Tools TU Dortmund

This time all operating systems are affected, even for old Linux versions VMware has provided an updated package.

VMware reports next vulnerability in VMware Tools:

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html

This time all operating systems are affected, even for old Linux versions VMware has provided an updated package.

The new version is available on the ESX hosts of the ITMC and is displayed accordingly in the TU-vCenter.

Note:

Every system administrator is obliged to keep his VMs up to date with the latest patches, this does not only apply to the VMware tools. When working with snapshots, please make sure that all existing snapshots are deleted after the update.