RHEL 9 : open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:5218)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181603

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-2023:5218 advisory.

- open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-20900)

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-2023:5218.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ae234bfd

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236542

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5218

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181603

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5218.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-test

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20900

CWE: 347

RHSA: 2023:5218