diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md index 3f3489b22..6a720248e 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.md +++ b/ReleaseNotes.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# open-vm-tools 10.1.10 Release Notes +# open-vm-tools 10.1.15 Release Notes ## What's in the Release Notes @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The release notes cover the following topics: open-vm-tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. -* **Resolved Issues**: This release of open-vm-tools 10.1.5 addresses issues that have been documented in the Resolved Issues section. +* **Resolved Issues**: This release of open-vm-tools 10.1.15 addresses issues that have been documented in the Resolved Issues section. ## Internationalization @@ -36,13 +36,22 @@ Please refer to [VMware Compatibility Guide](http://www.vmware.com/resources/com ## Resolved Issues -* **Fix for CVE-2015-5191** +Nothing applicable to open-vm-tools. - Open VMware Tools (CVE-2015-5191) contained multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. +## Known Issues - Successful exploitation may result in a local privilege escalation. The impact of this vulnerability is low for distributions which have enabled PrivateTmp for the affected service. +* **VMware Tools service stops running in the virtual machine** - We would like to thank Florian Weimer and Kurt Seifried of Red Hat Product Security for reporting this issue to us. + When tools.conf configuration file is configured with an entry similar to the following, without specifying the filename, VMware Tools service might stop running with a segmentation fault. + + ``` + [logging] + vmsvc.handler=file + ``` + + To work around this issue, set a file name. For example, + + ```vmsvc.data=/var/log/vmware-vmsvc.log``` ## Known Issues from Earlier Releases diff --git a/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog b/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog index 3469a93a1..df8c1c6b1 100644 --- a/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog +++ b/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,63 @@ +open-vm-tools build 6677369 + +commit d40c954cf9c85b2a5a88040c8a3a381279accf3f +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + Update the Tools-10.1.15 Open Source License Files. + +commit ce1709a23f52b55c912abfb82ef767d8a9dfc8e1 +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + If for some reason RandR12GetInfo failed to return RandR12Info, + it should not follow the cleanup path to free it. Instead it + should return FALSE. + +commit 751e6b2813c4aec752dc1e14f120d2d34191b2d4 +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + Tools Hgfs Plugin: refresh Hgfs drives on client start + + In order to get Explorer to see that VMware Shared Folders drives are + available when the feature is enabled, we touch each drive that is + mapped as a VMware Shared Folder. This is to prevent users being + confused when the have the feature enabled but Explorer creates the + user's drive mappings before the tools service has initialized the + Hgfs plugin and started the Hgfs client. In this situation the drives + were marked as red (disconnected) until the user clicks on the mapped + drive. Then Explorer will refresh the connction and set it to green + (connected). + +commit 8410d26cb69f48ad8de43704ca2bf0e020fc1b93 +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + For FreeBSD 11 and later the correct osname is "freeBSD11". + Without the correct osname, guestInfo ends up with wrong guestId + and guestFullName. Adjust the osname based on the FreeBSD release. + +commit d6b96c6f143a47d5764dd6e3530b3792c5091105 +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + Report version data via guestinfo vars. + +commit ad0aa8e577642a980975f345b8ee9903a7ce4377 +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + Bump VMTools version to 10.1.15 for the next 10.1.x update release + + Define TOOLS_VERSION_SCREW_DRIVER_UPDATE3 as 10.1.15. + +commit 2e92ad06fa82e4c84db838eb86161a83a464f483 +Author: Oliver Kurth +Date: Fri Sep 29 12:52:44 2017 -0700 + + Add entries for MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to guest_os_tables.h. + open-vm-tools-10.1.10 build 6082533 commit d58086d3f3218024ecee479034f4441a27fe278f