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High ALSA-2023:5312 1 CVE

Important: open-vm-tools security update

Published Sep 20, 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: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-20900)

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 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 open-vm-tools 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 8 open-vm-tools-desktop 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 8 open-vm-tools-salt-minion 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 8 open-vm-tools-sdmp 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2236542
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5312.html