RedHat: RHSA-2023-3948:01 Low: open-vm-tools security update
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.
Summary
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
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 (v. 9):
Source:
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.src.rpm
aarch64:
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-1.el9_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/
Topic
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2213087 - CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module
