Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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, ...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6365-1)

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...

Fedora 38 : open-vm-tools (2023-df375d0634)

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-df375d0634 advisory. Package new upstream version of open-vm-tools-12.3.0-22234872. Security fix for CVE-2023-20900, CVE-2023-20867 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

USN-6365-1: Open VM Tools vulnerability

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...

SUSE SLES15: libvmtools-devel / libvmtools0 / open-vm-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2604-2)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2604-2 advisory. - CVE-2023-20867: Fixed authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module bsc1212143. Bug fixes: - Fixed build problem with grpc 1.54...

Debian DSA-5493-1 : open-vm-tools - security update

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5493 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...

Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-6.5.3.7)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 6.5.3.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-6.5.3.7 advisory. - An issue in the urllib.parse component of Python before 3.11.4 allows attackers to bypass blocklisting methods by supplying...

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)

open-vm-tools is vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle MitM attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with man-in-the-middle MITM network positioning between vCenter and the ESXi host hosting the virtual machine to bypass SAML token signature verification, to perform VMware Tools Gues...

VMware Tools 10.3.x / 11.x / 12.x < 12.3.0 Authentication Bypass (VMSA-2023-0019)

The version of VMware Tools installed on the remote Windows host is 10.3.x, 11.x or 12.x prior to 12.3.0. It is, therefore, affected by a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious attacker with man-in-the-middle network positioning in the virtual machine network can bypass SAML token...

The vulnerability of the VMware Tools set of utilities lies in the possibility of bypassing the SAML token signature, allowing an attacker to elevate their privileges.

The vulnerability of the VMware Tools utility relates to the possibility of bypassing the SAML token signature. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to enhance their privileges by executing a “man-in-the-middle” attack...

PoC Exploit Released for Critical VMware Aria's SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability

Proof-of-concept PoC exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched critical flaw impacting VMware Aria Operations for Networks formerly vRealize Network Insight. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-34039, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 for severity and has been describe...

VMware Releases Security Update for Tools

VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in VMware Tools. A cyber threat actor can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2023-0019link is external and apply the necessary...

SUSE SLES15: libvmtools-devel / libvmtools0 / open-vm-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3505-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3505-1 advisory. - CVE-2023-20867: Fixed authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module bsc1212143. - CVE-2023-20900: Fixed SAML token...

PT-2023-4654

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Tools affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability in VMware Tools. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle MITM network positioning between vCenter server and the...

Vulnerability fixed in VMware Tools

VMware has fixed a vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows and Linux. A malicious party could use a man-in-the-middle attack to bypass SAML tokens and thus manipulate the operation of VMware Guests manipulate. As a result, the malicious party could potentially gain access to sensitive data or...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : VMware Tools vulnerability (K87046687)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 15.1.9 / 16.1.4 / 17.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K87046687 advisory. VMware Tools 12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor...

Dell Storage Integration Tools for VMware 信息泄露漏洞

Dell Storage Integration Tools for VMware DSITV is an application from Dell, Inc. enables administrators to effectively manage, monitor, and protect workloads running on Dell Storage SC. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Dell Storage Integration Tools for VMware DSITV version...

Debian dla-3531 : open-vm-tools - security update

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3531 advisory. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3531-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/...

Authentication Bypass

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...

CentOS 7 : open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:3944)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3944 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 gues...