Mageia 9 MGASA-2024-0058 Critical: Open-VM-Tools Bypass Issues
mageia
March 14, 2024
The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module
Summary
The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module.
(CVE-2023-20867)
SAML token signature bypass. (CVE-2023-34058)
File descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper.
(CVE-2023-34059)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32454
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3948
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2
- https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.3.5
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/23678
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34058
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34059
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/open-vm-tools-12.3.5-2.mga9
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Publication date: 14 Mar 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0058.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-34058,
CVE-2023-34059
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