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Rocky Linux 9 : open-vm-tools (RLSA-2022:6358)
high Nessus Plugin ID 184500
Synopsis
The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:6358 advisory.- VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine. (CVE-2022-31676)
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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 184500
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-6358.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Published: 11/6/2023
Updated: 11/6/2023
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31676
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-test, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-31676