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RedHat RHSA-2022-6355-01 Important: Open-VM-Tools Local Escalation

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2022
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Remain updated on the critical open-vm-tools security patch released by Red Hat, encompassing specifics regarding CVE-2022-31676.
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

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

Summary

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: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine (CVE-2022-31676)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat local privilege escalation important update open-vm-tools

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2):
Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.src.rpm
x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.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/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6355-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6355
Issue date: 2022-09-06

Topic

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.2 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat local privilege escalation important update open-vm-tools

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2118714 - CVE-2022-31676 open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine

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