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Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-6381-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-6381-01 - 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. Issues addressed include a privilege escalation vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: open-vm-tools security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6381-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6381
Issue date: 2022-09-07
CVE Names: CVE-2022-31676
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- Summary:
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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.
- Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
- 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: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine
(CVE-2022-31676)
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:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
- Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2118714 - CVE-2022-31676 open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine
- Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
- References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
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