Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2023.3835.1
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'Securitys update for open-vm-tools' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2023:3835-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'Securitys update for open-vm-tools' 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, see [link moved to references]. - A tools.conf configuration setting is available to temporaily direct Linux quiesced snaphots to restore pre open-vm-tools 12.2.0 behavior of ignoring file systems already frozen. - Building of the VMware Guest Authentication Service (VGAuth) using 'xml-security-c' and 'xerces-c' is being deprecated. - A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed. - 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. - For complete details, see: [link moved to references] - Release Notes are available at [link moved to references] - The granular changes that have gone into the 12.3.0 release are in the ChangeLog at [link moved to references] - 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: 'Securitys update for open-vm-tools' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3. 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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