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RHSA-2023:5312: Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended 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.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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Issued:
2023-09-20
Updated:
2023-09-20
RHSA-2023:5312 - Security Advisory
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Synopsis
Important: open-vm-tools security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
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Topic
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended 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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 2236542 - CVE-2023-20900 open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8
SRPM
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.src.rpm
SHA-256: b1369efcd8bd9f6b07d13dca42a5ed1de1e3548061cb1f128b98887f7817f6f7
x86_64
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: adaeb442028893bf243c73dec0bce2b90d3df3b11d48a5691bf37bb344fa0455
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 1c03bfd3cf63ca980915c5fa37a90c46d39d6c51257daf3965362d24585be685
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8e747bf23d3bc10c76b40db49b48029ad5dcb9fec21cb05cdae1ce20a8960dc2
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 406881a1317cc92aaf5c2f38833fbc94d4f0c0a0aba9467017e7d0bb58c5113a
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a087d99d685b9dadc18c4fc387e8fd046e4139cee9a0555871714ffb45358351
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 77092f9d550a5411d4e412fefe1ec974acc3752d6df95a69a0b8810b5aa520fe
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 51750d57b6453f998e4696695c8b6404edc6522d53831a988c9e63e62dbcbcd5
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 2309703302b1d6b1c715cd9a0f364e9d2ee79dd3102c0c26ce60be8a39445115
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 950fe51900f2792ba8073bc850e585293e0b4fc8bff7bbd2edc5b02bc295243f
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8
SRPM
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.src.rpm
SHA-256: b1369efcd8bd9f6b07d13dca42a5ed1de1e3548061cb1f128b98887f7817f6f7
x86_64
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: adaeb442028893bf243c73dec0bce2b90d3df3b11d48a5691bf37bb344fa0455
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 1c03bfd3cf63ca980915c5fa37a90c46d39d6c51257daf3965362d24585be685
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8e747bf23d3bc10c76b40db49b48029ad5dcb9fec21cb05cdae1ce20a8960dc2
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 406881a1317cc92aaf5c2f38833fbc94d4f0c0a0aba9467017e7d0bb58c5113a
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a087d99d685b9dadc18c4fc387e8fd046e4139cee9a0555871714ffb45358351
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 77092f9d550a5411d4e412fefe1ec974acc3752d6df95a69a0b8810b5aa520fe
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 51750d57b6453f998e4696695c8b6404edc6522d53831a988c9e63e62dbcbcd5
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 2309703302b1d6b1c715cd9a0f364e9d2ee79dd3102c0c26ce60be8a39445115
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 950fe51900f2792ba8073bc850e585293e0b4fc8bff7bbd2edc5b02bc295243f
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8
SRPM
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.src.rpm
SHA-256: b1369efcd8bd9f6b07d13dca42a5ed1de1e3548061cb1f128b98887f7817f6f7
x86_64
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: adaeb442028893bf243c73dec0bce2b90d3df3b11d48a5691bf37bb344fa0455
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 1c03bfd3cf63ca980915c5fa37a90c46d39d6c51257daf3965362d24585be685
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8e747bf23d3bc10c76b40db49b48029ad5dcb9fec21cb05cdae1ce20a8960dc2
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 406881a1317cc92aaf5c2f38833fbc94d4f0c0a0aba9467017e7d0bb58c5113a
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a087d99d685b9dadc18c4fc387e8fd046e4139cee9a0555871714ffb45358351
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 77092f9d550a5411d4e412fefe1ec974acc3752d6df95a69a0b8810b5aa520fe
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 51750d57b6453f998e4696695c8b6404edc6522d53831a988c9e63e62dbcbcd5
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 2309703302b1d6b1c715cd9a0f364e9d2ee79dd3102c0c26ce60be8a39445115
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 950fe51900f2792ba8073bc850e585293e0b4fc8bff7bbd2edc5b02bc295243f
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8
SRPM
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.src.rpm
SHA-256: b1369efcd8bd9f6b07d13dca42a5ed1de1e3548061cb1f128b98887f7817f6f7
x86_64
open-vm-tools-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: adaeb442028893bf243c73dec0bce2b90d3df3b11d48a5691bf37bb344fa0455
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 1c03bfd3cf63ca980915c5fa37a90c46d39d6c51257daf3965362d24585be685
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8e747bf23d3bc10c76b40db49b48029ad5dcb9fec21cb05cdae1ce20a8960dc2
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 406881a1317cc92aaf5c2f38833fbc94d4f0c0a0aba9467017e7d0bb58c5113a
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a087d99d685b9dadc18c4fc387e8fd046e4139cee9a0555871714ffb45358351
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 77092f9d550a5411d4e412fefe1ec974acc3752d6df95a69a0b8810b5aa520fe
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 51750d57b6453f998e4696695c8b6404edc6522d53831a988c9e63e62dbcbcd5
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 2309703302b1d6b1c715cd9a0f364e9d2ee79dd3102c0c26ce60be8a39445115
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 950fe51900f2792ba8073bc850e585293e0b4fc8bff7bbd2edc5b02bc295243f
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