open-vm-tools version 12.2.5 has been released - please rebase

[John Wolfe]

open-vm-tools 12.2.5 was released on June 13, 2023.

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.2.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a single critical problem:

  * Address CVE-2023-20867 announced in https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html

For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.2.5

Release Notes are available at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.2.5/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 12.2.5 release are in the ChangeLog at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.2.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Patches applicable to previous open-vm-tools releases are available at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/CVE-2023-20867.patch

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Latest release has sync'd from Debian and migrated.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:12.2.5-1