Debian Bullseye DSA-5215-1 Critical: Open-VM-Tools Privilege Escalation
debian
August 24, 2022
A vulnerability was discovered in open-vm-tools, an open source implementation of VMware Tools, allowing an unprivileged local guest user to escalate their privileges as root user ...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.
For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/open-vm-tools
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: open-vm-tools
CVE ID: CVE-2022-31676
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