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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2022-6357 Important: Local Root Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2022
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Unveil Oracle Linux Security Notice ELSA-2022-6357, highlighting refreshed rpms and vital security improvements.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1] - 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. [Orabug: 21819156] [11.3.5-1.el8_6.1] - ovt-Properly-check-authorization-on-incoming-guestOps-re.patch [bz#2119283] - Resolves: bz#2119283 (CVE-2022-31676 open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine [rhel-8.6.0.z])

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates/open-vm-tools-11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1.src.rpm

x86_64

open-vm-tools-11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

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Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31676

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