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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 RHSA-2023:3945 Low Risk for open-vm-tools

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2023
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A recent enhancement for open-vm-tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux mitigates a minor severity vulnerability related to authentication bypass.
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat E...

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: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867)
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 software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity security impact authentication bypass open-vm-tools

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.src.rpm
x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.src.rpm
x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):
Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.src.rpm
x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm


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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3945-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3945
Issue date: 2023-06-29

Topic

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 UpdateServices for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity security impact authentication bypass open-vm-tools

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

2213087 - CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module

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