Important: open-vm-tools security update

2023-11-1500:00:00

errata.almalinux.org

open virtual machine tools

security update

saml token

file descriptor hijack

cve-2023-34058

cve-2023-34059

vmware.

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

44.4%

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The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-34058)
open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper (CVE-2023-34059)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
almalinux8x86_64open-vm-tools-desktop< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux8x86_64open-vm-tools-salt-minion< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux8x86_64open-vm-tools< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux8x86_64open-vm-tools-sdmp< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
almalinux	8	x86_64	open-vm-tools-desktop	< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1	open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	8	x86_64	open-vm-tools-salt-minion	< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1	open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	8	x86_64	open-vm-tools	< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1	open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	8	x86_64	open-vm-tools-sdmp	< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1	open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1.x86_64.rpm