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CentOS 9 : open-vm-tools-12.2.5-2.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191147

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for open-vm-tools.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the open-vm- tools-12.2.5-2.el9 build changelog.

 - SAML token signature bypass [rhel-9]) (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 CentOS 9 Stream open-vm-tools package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=37085

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191147

File Name: centos9_open-vm-tools-12_2_5-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-salt-minion

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20900