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Amazon Linux 2 : open-vm-tools (ALAS-2023-2139)

low Nessus Plugin ID 178539

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of open-vm-tools installed on the remote host is prior to 12.2.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2139 advisory.

 - A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. (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

Run 'yum update open-vm-tools' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2139.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-20867.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 178539

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2139.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 7/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.6

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:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:open-vm-tools

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20867