CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-20867

Improper Authentication

Published: Jun 13, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
3.9
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.9 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tools Vmware 10.3.0 (including) 12.2.5 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat open-vm-tools-0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat open-vm-tools-0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.2 *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu bionic *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu focal *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu jammy *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu kinetic *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu lunar *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu trusty *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References