open security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2023:3944 An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

USN-6257-1: Open VM Tools vulnerability

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain authentication requests. A fully compromised ESXi host can force Open VM Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. CVE-2023-20867...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6257-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Open VM Tools vulnerability (USN-6257-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6257-1 advisory. It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain authentication requests. A fully compromised ESXi hos...

K000135621: VMware Tools vulnerability CVE-2023-20867

Security Advisory Description A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. CVE-2023-20867 Impact There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this...

Advisory ROSA-SA-2023-2201

Software: open-vm-tools 11.0.5 OS: rosa-server79 packageevrstring: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.res7.6 CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20867 BDU-ID: 2023-03162 CVE-Crit: LOW CVE-DESC.: A vulnerability in the vgauth module of the VMware Tools component of the VMware ESXi hypervisor is related to errors in the...

Cisco Nexus 1000V ESXi Hypervisor Denial of Service (CVE-2013-1210)

Array index error in the Virtual Ethernet Module VEM kernel driver for VMware ESXi in Cisco NX-OS on the Nexus 1000V, when STUN debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ESXi crash and purple screen of death by sending crafted STUN packets to a VEM, aka Bug ID...

Amazon Linux 2 : open-vm-tools (ALAS-2023-2139)

The version of open-vm-tools installed on the remote host is prior to 12.2.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2139 advisory. A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the...

Low: open-vm-tools

Issue Overview: A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. CVE-2023-20867 Affected Packages: open-vm-tools Issue Correction: Run dnf update open-vm-tools...

Low: open-vm-tools

Issue Overview: A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. CVE-2023-20867 Affected Packages: open-vm-tools Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

PenTales: Old Vulns, New Tricks

At Rapid7 we love a good pentest story. So often they show the cleverness, skill, resilience, and dedication to our customer’s security that can only come from actively trying to break it! In this series, we’re going to share some of our favorite tales from the pen test desk and hopefully highlig...

Rocky Linux 9 : open-vm-tools (RLSA-2023:3948)

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:3948 advisory. - A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest...

Rocky Linux 8 : open-vm-tools (RLSA-2023:3949)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:3949 advisory. - A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest...

Oracle Linux 8 : open-vm-tools (ELSA-2023-3949)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-3949 advisory. 12.1.5-1.0.2 - CISA Major Incident CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module Tenable has extracted the preceding...

open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module

A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity...

open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module

A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity...

open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module

A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security and bug fix update

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from t...

open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module

A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity...