Open VM Tools vulnerability

2023-09-2500:00:00

ubuntu.com

ubuntu 16.04

ubuntu 18.04

open vm tools

saml tokens

vmware tools guest operations

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

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

45.0%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

USN-6365-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open VM Tools. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled SAML tokens. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass SAML token
signature verification and perform VMware Tools Guest Operations.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dbgsym< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchopen-vm-tools-dev< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchopen-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3UNKNOWN
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

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools-dbgsym	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools-desktop	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	18.04	noarch	open-vm-tools-dev	< 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	open-vm-tools	< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	open-vm-tools-dbgsym	< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	open-vm-tools-desktop	< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1	UNKNOWN