CVE-2023-34059 Affecting open-vm-tools package, versions <2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-OPENVMTOOLS-6037976
- published 27 Oct 2023
- disclosed 27 Oct 2023
Introduced: 27 Oct 2023
CVE-2023-34059 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 open-vm-tools to version 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-34059
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1
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