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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-34059: Important: open-vm-tools security update (CESA-2023:7279)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-34059: Important: open-vm-tools security update (CESA-2023:7279)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/27/2023
Created
11/17/2023
Added
11/16/2023
Modified
01/29/2024

Description

open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-open-vm-tools
  • centos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop
  • centos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-devel
  • centos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test

References

  • CVE-2023-34059

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