CentOS 9 : open-vm-tools-12.2.0-3.el9

low Nessus Plugin ID 191265

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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-12.2.0-3.el9 build changelog.

- authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module [rhel-br-9]) (CVE-2023-20867)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 191265

File Name: centos9_open-vm-tools-12_2_0-3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

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: 4.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20867

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20867

Detections

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