Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-34058: ELSA-2023-7277: open-vm-tools security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Description

VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html  in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html . A flaw was found in open-vm-tools. This flaw allows a malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges in a target virtual machine to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias.