Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-20900: VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine may be able to bypass SAML token signature verification, to perform VMware Tools Guest Operations.
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-devel | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | open-vm-tools-test | 0:12.3.0-1.amzn2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.1
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vspher…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-20900.html