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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-20867: Improper Authentication

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-20867: Improper Authentication

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/13/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools

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