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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-6365-2 Moderate: Open VM Tools Network Access

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6365-2 highlights a vulnerability in Open VM Tools that could enable unauthorized access to network services.
Open VM Tools could allow unintended access to network services.

Summary

Open VM Tools could allow unintended access to network services.

Software Description:

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

Details:

USN-6365-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open VM Tools. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled SAML tokens. A

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass SAML token

signature verification and perform VMware Tools Guest Operations.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu network access open-vm-tools SAML tokens

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6365-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6365-1

CVE-2023-20900

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6365-2

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu network access open-vm-tools SAML tokens

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