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SUSE: 2023:3589-2 Important: Alert on Open-Container-Tools Security Issues

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
Urgent patch for REDHAT Linux addressing privilege escalation vulnerabilities in open-vm-tools, advisory ID: REDHAT-SU-2023:1741-1.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: - Updated to version 12.1.0 (build 20219665) (bsc#1202733): - CVE-2022-31676: Fixed an issue that could allow unprivileged users inside a virtual machine to escalate privileges (bsc#1202657). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-2936=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-2936=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2022-2936=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3:

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security advisory privilege escalation important SUSE Linux open-vm-tools

References

#1202657 #1202733

Cross- CVE-2022-31676

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-31676 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for S...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2936-1
Rating: important

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security advisory privilege escalation important SUSE Linux open-vm-tools

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