SUSE: 2022:2986-2 Important: Open-VM-Tools Privilege Escalation
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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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2022-2986=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2022-2986=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2022-2986=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS:
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 CaaS Platform 4.0
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202657
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2986-1
Rating: important
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