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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.833493
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for exempi (SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'exempi' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'exempi' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

Update to 12.3.0 (build 22234872) (bsc#1214850)

* There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.3.0 release. This is
primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems,
including:

* This release integrates CVE-2023-20900 without the need for a patch. For
more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products,

* A tools.conf configuration setting is available to temporarily direct Linux
quiesced snapshots to restore pre open-vm-tools 12.2.0 behavior of ignoring
file systems already frozen.

* A number of GitHub issues and pull requests have been handled. Please see
the Resolves Issues section of the Release Notes.

* For issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the
Release Notes.
tools/releases/tag/stable-12.3.0

* The granular changes that have gone into the 12.3.0 release are in the
tools/blob/stable-12.3.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

* Fix (bsc#1205927) - hv_vmbus module is loaded unnecessarily in VMware guests

* jsc#PED-1344 - reinable building containerinfo plugin for SLES 15 SP4.

Affected Software/OS:
exempi package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-20900
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
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