Security update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2530-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-20867 ( SUSE ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20867 ( NVD ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-20867: Fixed authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (bsc#1212143).

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed build problem with grpc 1.54 (bsc#1210695).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2530=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2530=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2530=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • libvmtools0-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • libvmtools0-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • libvmtools0-12.2.0-4.53.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-4.53.1

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