Race Condition Affecting open-vm-tools package, versions <2:10.1.5-5055683-5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENVMTOOLS-521490
  • published28 Jul 2017
  • disclosed28 Jul 2017

Introduced: 28 Jul 2017

CVE-2015-5191  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 open-vm-tools to version 2:10.1.5-5055683-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools package and not the open-vm-tools package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Scores

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