Detections
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RHEL 9 : open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:3948)
low Nessus Plugin ID 177761
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for open-vm-tools.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3948 advisory.- open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867)
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 RHEL open-vm-tools package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3948.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?22fc04f1
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 177761
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3948.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.3
Temporal Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20867
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.9
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/14/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-20867