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Red Hat open-vm-tools Security Update Risks Data Exposure

published 2 years ago

Summary

A security update is available for open-vm-tools on Red Hat systems. This update addresses a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access sensitive data. You should apply the update as soon as possible to ensure the security of your systems.

What to do

Update redhat open-vm-tools to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-debuginfo to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-debugsource to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-desktop to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-salt-minion to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-sdmp to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.
Update redhat open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo to version 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-debuginfo	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-debugsource	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-desktop	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-salt-minion	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-sdmp	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo	< 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 Fix: upgrade to 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3

Original advisory text

Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5312 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236542 Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_5312.j... Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20900 Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20900 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/CVE-2023-20900.patch/CVE-2023-20900... Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker full control (estimated)

Severity

7.1 High

Timeline

Published16 Sep 2024

Updated6 May 2026

First seen6 May 2026

Sources

RHSA-2023:5312 · OSV

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