vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-34059: Important: open-vm-tools security update (CESA-2023:7279)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 27, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Added
Nov 16, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
Description
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.
Solution(s)
centos-upgrade-open-vm-toolscentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfocentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopcentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develcentos-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test
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