USN-6463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Open VM Tools. This update provides
the corresponding updates 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 with Guest Operations privileges could possibly use this
issue to elevate their privileges. (CVE-2023-34058)
Matthias Gerstner discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled file
descriptors when dropping privileges. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to hijack /dev/uinput and simulate user inputs. (CVE-2023-34059)
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | open-vm-tools | < 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm3 | 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 | 18.04 | noarch | open-vm-tools-desktop | < 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm3 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | open-vm-tools | < 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 | 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 |