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SUSE: 2022:2936-2 Important: Open-VM-Tools Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey September 1, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for open-vm-tools tackles severe vulnerabilities, bringing essential enhancements for improved security.
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 Micro 5.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2022-2936=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 (x86_64): libvmtools0-12.1.0-150300.19.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.1.0-150300.19.1 open-vm-tools-12.1.0-150300.19.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.0-150300.19.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.0-150300.19.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation patch important openSUSE open-vm-tools

References

#1202657 #1202733

Cross- CVE-2022-31676

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-31676 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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:

openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202657

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202733

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2936-2
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation patch important openSUSE open-vm-tools

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