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Oracle Linux 7 ELSA-2023-3944 Low Severity Authentication Bypass Fix

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2023
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Oracle Linux 7 has released updated RPM packages for open-vm-tools addressing an authentication bypass vulnerability. More information can be found in the ELSA-2023-3944 Advisory.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[11.0.5-3.0.1] - fix spaces in vmware udev rule for scsi devices [Orabug: 24461968] - Fix vmware udev rule in 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules file. [Orabug: 22815019] - Increase timeout for scsi devices on VMWare guests by adding a udev rule. - Created a new file 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules - Modified spec file to install this new file. [Orabug: 21819156] [11.0.5-3.el7_9.6] - ovt-Remove-some-dead-code.patch [bz#2215562] - Resolves: bz#2215562 ([CISA Major Incident] CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module [rhel-7]) [11.0.5-3.el7_9.5] - ovt-Track-Linux-filesystem-id-FSID-for-quiesced-frozen-f.patch [bz#1880404 bz#1994590] - Resolves: bz#1880404 ([ESXi] [RHEL7] vmtoolsd task is blocked in the uninterruptible state while attempting to delete (unlink) the file 'quiesce_manifest.xml') - Resolves: bz#1994590 ([ESXi][RHEL7.9][open-vm-tools] Snapshot of the RHEL7 guest on the VMWare ESXi hypervisor failed vm hangs)

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates//open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.src.rpm

x86_64

open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

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Related CVEs: CVE-2023-20867

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