SUSE Security Update: Security update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2022:2985-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1202657 
Cross-References:   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:
                    SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2
                    SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
                    SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
                    SUSE Manager Server 4.1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

   - 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:

   - SUSE Manager Server 4.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.1-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-BCL-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-ESPOS-2022-2985=1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7-2022-2985=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Server 4.1 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202657

SUSE: 2022:2985-1 important: open-vm-tools

September 1, 2022
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: - 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: - SUSE Manager Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.1-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-BCL-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-ESPOS-2022-2985=1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7-2022-2985=1 Package List: - SUSE Manager Server 4.1 (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2 (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (x86_64): libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1 open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-150200.5.16.11.1

References

#1202657

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:

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1

SUSE Manager Server 4.1

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202657

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2985-1
Rating: important

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