vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-20867: Low priority package update for open-vm-tools
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Jun 13, 2023 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 13, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity.
A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-toolsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-testamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo
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