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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5315-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5315-03 - An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support. Issues addressed include a bypass vulnerability.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_5315.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Important: open-vm-tools security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:5315-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5315Issue date: 2024-08-14Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2023-20900====================================================================Summary: An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.Security Fix(es):* open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-20900)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-20900References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importanthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236542Related news
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