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SUSE 15 SP2: 2023:4229-1 Important: Signature Bypass, Escalation

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
This urgent bulletin covers key vulnerabilities related to authorization gaps and privilege escalation in open-vm-tools for SUSE systems.
* bsc#1216432 * bsc#1216433 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-34058

Summary

## This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-34058: Fixed a SAML token signature bypass issue (bsc#1216432). * CVE-2023-34059: Fixed a privilege escalation issue through vmware-user-suid- wrapper (bsc#1216433). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4229=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4229=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

References

* bsc#1216432

* bsc#1216433

Cross-

* CVE-2023-34058

* CVE-2023-34059

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-34058 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-34058 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-34059 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2

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

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34058.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34059.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4229-1
Rating: important

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