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Oracle Linux 8 : open-vm-tools (ELSA-2022-6357)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164799

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-6357 advisory.

 [11.3.5-1.0.1.el8_6.1]
 - Fix spaces in vmware udev rule for scsi devices [Orabug: 24461968]
 - Fix vmware udev rule in 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules file. [Orabug: 22815019]
 - Increase timeout for scsi devices on VMWare guests by adding a udev rule. [Orabug: 21819156]

 [11.3.5-1.el8_6.1]
 - ovt-Properly-check-authorization-on-incoming-guestOps-re.patch [bz#2119283]
 - Resolves: bz#2119283 (CVE-2022-31676 open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine [rhel-8.6.0.z])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

Update the affected open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop and / or open-vm-tools-sdmp packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-6357.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164799

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-6357.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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:oracle:linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31676