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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : Open VM Tools vulnerabilities (USN-6463-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184088

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6463-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled SAML tokens. A remote attacker Guest Operations privileges could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2023-34058)

 Matthias Gerstner discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled file descriptors when dropping privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack /dev/uinput and simulate user inputs.
 (CVE-2023-34059)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6463-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184088

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6463-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 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-2023-34058

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools-containerinfo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34058, CVE-2023-34059

USN: 6463-1