rhsa-2023_3946
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2023-06-29 15:07
Modified
2024-11-06 03:16
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

Notes

Topic
An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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.
Details
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: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867) 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.
Terms of Use
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