QID 241772

Date Published: 2023-07-03

QID 241772: Red Hat Update for open-vm-tools (RHSA-2023:3944)

The open virtual machine tools are the open source implementation of the vmware tools.
They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines...Security Fix(es):

open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (cve-2023-20867). Affected Products:

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 3.9 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:3944 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

RHSA-2023:3944 - access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3944

CVEs related to QID 241772

CVE-2023-20867 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
RHSA-2023:3944	Red Hat Enterprise Linux		access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3944

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