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Debian dla-3081 : open-vm-tools - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 164653

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3081 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3081-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Abhijith PA August 25, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : open-vm-tools Version : 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3 CVE ID : CVE-2022-31676

 open-vm-tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.

 For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/open-vm-tools

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the open-vm-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a254e898

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-31676

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/open-vm-tools

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164653

File Name: debian_DLA-3081.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31676

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31676