vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-34058: Security patch for open-vm-tools (ALAS-2023-2329)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 10/27/2023 | 11/03/2023 | 01/28/2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/27/2023
Added
11/03/2023
Modified
01/28/2025
Description
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Solution(s)
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test
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