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HistoryAug 24, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Open VM Tools vulnerability

2022-08-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
55

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • open-vm-tools - Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware

Details

USN-5578-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open VM Tools. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to gain root
privileges inside the virtual machine.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dbgsym< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dev< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN