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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2022-31676) (Multiple Advisories): open-vm-tools security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2022-31676) (Multiple Advisories): open-vm-tools security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/23/2022
Created
09/09/2022
Added
09/07/2022
Modified
09/08/2022

Description

VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test

References

  • ELSA-2022-6381
  • CVE-2022-31676
  • USN-5578-1
  • USN-5578-2

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