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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-20867: Low: open-vm-tools security update (ALSA-2023-3948)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-20867: Low: open-vm-tools security update (ALSA-2023-3948)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/13/2023
Created
07/17/2023
Added
07/17/2023
Modified
08/15/2024

Description

A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-open-vm-tools
  • alma-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop
  • alma-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minion
  • alma-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp
  • alma-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test

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