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SUSE: 2023:4230-2 Urgent: open-vm-tools Security Vulnerabilities Resolved

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
A significant security patch for open-vm-tools addresses two vital vulnerabilities affecting multiple SUSE releases.
* 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 Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-4230=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2023-4230=1 * SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue privilege escalation access control patch SUSE open-vm-tools

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 CaaS Platform 4.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

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

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4230-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue privilege escalation access control patch SUSE open-vm-tools

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