RHEL 7 : open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:3944)

low Nessus Plugin ID 177766

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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 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3944 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-2023:3944.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 177766

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3944.nasl

Version: 1.1

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:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-devel, 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

CWE: 287

RHSA: 2023:3944

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