SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 : Security update for open-vm-tools (SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182102

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1 advisory.

- A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware- vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr- public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd- db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html . (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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182102

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3835-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2023

Updated: 10/17/2023

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvmtools-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvmtools0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-containerinfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20900

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1

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