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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5578-1: Critical Open VM Tools Threat

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Understand the risks associated with the Open VM Tools flaw impacting Ubuntu versions and discover the steps necessary to protect your setup by implementing the latest patches.
open-vm-tools could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

open-vm-tools could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- open-vm-tools: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware

Details:

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain requests.

An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to gain root

privileges inside the virtual machine.

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Topics Covered

security advisory threat system update ubuntu administrative access open vm tools

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5578-1

CVE-2022-31676

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August 24, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory threat system update ubuntu administrative access open vm tools

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2

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