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RHSA-2023:5213: Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
Related CVEs:
- CVE-2023-20900: An improper signature verification flaw was found in open-vm-tools that may lead to a bypass of SAML token signature. This issue may allow a malicious actor with man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between a vCenter server and the virtual machine to bypass SAML token signature verification to perform guest operations.
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Publié :
2023-09-19
Mis à jour :
2023-09-19
RHSA-2023:5213 - Security Advisory
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Synopsis
Important: open-vm-tools security update
Type / Sévérité
Security Advisory: Important
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Sujet
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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.
Produits concernés
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
Correctifs
- BZ - 2236542 - CVE-2023-20900 open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1
SRPM
open-vm-tools-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.src.rpm
SHA-256: 9b1534f0e4380ab7326fde1218d7cccdeb762c572619b812d6425bce0aefef7c
x86_64
open-vm-tools-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: ab3c5412f7e733367284da01dd2d265493091dee6a28adcfa2da3a0374e863ff
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: d9e94d95589f40d336482126420eecd896f82bf700103641583dcbd452e43306
open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: e8dfc2e3398f1c83fa2101408f9f9306047aaf298172d3f23733d458baf5952f
open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 5484a77a701c837458cccfe63fd812829abb35908949293dd1e1035b64df9e3e
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 726094b2452a794d74925941da22974840e7c28fe4da0e2e6f41fe9ffe37b334
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-10.3.10-3.el8_1.4.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7da9746f3b3f2b7ec69cc05ccdca0deab2aece5c8e27fa3e84a110bddadac968
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