vulnerability
Rocky Linux: CVE-2023-34059: open-vm-tools (RLSA-2023-7265)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 27, 2023 | Mar 5, 2024 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Added
Mar 5, 2024
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)
rocky-upgrade-open-vm-toolsrocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginforocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsourcerocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktoprocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginforocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionrocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmprocky-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo
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