Debian dla-3646 : open-vm-tools - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 184788

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3646 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3646-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucaris November 05, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : open-vm-tools Version : 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 CVE ID : CVE-2023-34058 CVE-2023-34059 Debian Bug : 1054666

Brief introduction

CVE-2023-34058

A file descriptor hijack vulnerability was found in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper command.
A malicious actor with non-root privileges might have been able to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.

CVE-2023-34059

A SAML Token Signature Bypass vulnerability was found.
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges in a target virtual machine might have been able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.

For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/open-vm-tools

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the open-vm-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a254e898

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-34058

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-34059

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/open-vm-tools

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184788

File Name: debian_DLA-3646.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Reference Information

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