[RHSA-2023:3949-01] Low: open-vm-tools security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: open-vm-tools security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3949-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3949
Issue date: 2023-06-29
CVE Names: CVE-2023-20867
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1. Summary:
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.
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
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - x86_64
3. Description:
The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the
VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization
components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual
machines.
Security Fix(es):
* open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module
(CVE-2023-20867)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2213087 - CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.src.rpm
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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