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Low 1 exploited CVE ALSA-2023:3948 1 CVE

Low: open-vm-tools security update

Published Jun 29, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

* open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 open-vm-tools 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 open-vm-tools-desktop 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 open-vm-tools-salt-minion 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 open-vm-tools-sdmp 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 open-vm-tools-test 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2213087
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-3948.html