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Red Hat: CVE-2023-34059: open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-34059: open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/27/2023
Created
11/17/2023
Added
11/16/2023
Modified
01/28/2025

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minion
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test
  • redhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2023-34059
  • RHSA-2023:7263
  • RHSA-2023:7264
  • RHSA-2023:7265
  • RHSA-2023:7267
  • RHSA-2023:7276
  • RHSA-2023:7277
  • RHSA-2023:7279
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