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RHEL 8 : open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:3950)
low Nessus Plugin ID 177788
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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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3950 advisory.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: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867)
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL open-vm-tools package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3950.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?c9f74711
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 177788
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3950.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-desktop, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp
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