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-2023-34058)
* open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper (CVE-2023-34059)
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
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | open-vm-tools | 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.4
open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with n…
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High 7.1
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operat…