Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884290
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS: Security Advisory for open-vm-tools (CESA-2023:3944)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'open-vm-tools'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:3944 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'open-vm-tools' package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:3944 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * [ESXi] [RHEL7] vmtoolsd task is blocked in the uninterruptible state while attempting to delete (unlink) the file 'quiesce_manifest.xml' (BZ#1880404) * [ESXi][RHEL7.9][open-vm-tools] Snapshot of the RHEL7 guest on the VMWare ESXi hypervisor failed vm hangs (BZ#1994590) Affected Software/OS: 'open-vm-tools' package(s) on CentOS 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 2.3 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-20867 Debian Security Information: DSA-5493 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 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://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11
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