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CVE-2023-34059

Published: Oct 27, 2023 | Modified: Nov 27, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.4 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Open_vm_tools Vmware 11.0.0 (including) 12.3.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat open-vm-tools-0:12.2.5-3.el8_9.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat open-vm-tools-0:10.3.10-3.el8_1.5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.0.0-4.el8_2.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.2.0-2.el8_4.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat open-vm-tools-0:12.2.5-3.el9_3.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:11.3.5-1.el9_0.5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support RedHat open-vm-tools-0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.4 *
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 lunar *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu mantic *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu trusty *
Open-vm-tools Ubuntu xenial *

References

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