RHEL 8 : open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:7265)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185800

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for open-vm-tools.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7265 advisory.

- open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-34058)

- open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper (CVE-2023-34059)

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 RHEL open-vm-tools package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7265.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185800

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7265.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/15/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp

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: 11/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Reference Information

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

CWE: 1220, 266

RHSA: 2023:7265

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