Important: open-vm-tools security update

2023-11-1500:00:00

errata.almalinux.org

open virtual machine tools

security update

saml token bypass

file descriptor hijack

vmware user suid wrapper

cve-2023-34058

cve-2023-34059

virtualization components

performance enhancement

user experience

unix

references.

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

ADJACENT

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

45.0%

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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
almalinux9x86_64open-vm-tools-desktop< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9x86_64open-vm-tools-test< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-test-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9x86_64open-vm-tools-salt-minion< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9x86_64open-vm-tools< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9x86_64open-vm-tools-sdmp< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9aarch64open-vm-tools-desktop< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.aarch64.rpm
almalinux9aarch64open-vm-tools< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.aarch64.rpm
almalinux9aarch64open-vm-tools-test< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1open-vm-tools-test-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.aarch64.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
almalinux	9	x86_64	open-vm-tools-desktop	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	open-vm-tools-test	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-test-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	open-vm-tools-salt-minion	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	open-vm-tools	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	open-vm-tools-sdmp	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	aarch64	open-vm-tools-desktop	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.aarch64.rpm
almalinux	9	aarch64	open-vm-tools	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.aarch64.rpm
almalinux	9	aarch64	open-vm-tools-test	< 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1	open-vm-tools-test-12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1.aarch64.rpm