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Package "open-vm-tools"

Name: open-vm-tools

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
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  • Open VMware Tools for VMs hosted on VMware (Service Discovery Plugin)
Latest version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8
Release: focal (20.04)
Level: security
Repository: universe

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Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8 2025-05-14 17:07:38 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: insecure file handling vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-22247.patch: properly check symlinks and path
      traversal chars in open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/VGAuthUtil.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/VGAuthUtil.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/prefs.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/usercheck.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/alias.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/service.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/serviceInt.h.
    - CVE-2025-22247

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 06 May 2025 09:36:15 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2025-22247 VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the loca

Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7 2023-10-31 17:13:38 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: SAML Bypass
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-34058.patch: don't accept tokens with
      unrelated certs in open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/certverify.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/certverify.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/prefs.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c.
    - CVE-2023-34058
  * SECURITY UPDATE: file descriptor hijack
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-34059.patch: change privilege dropping order
      in open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c,
      open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c.
    - CVE-2023-34059

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:51:55 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-34058 VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.v

Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 2023-09-13 16:10:02 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: SAML token signature bypass vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-20900.patch: Allow only X509 certs to verify
      the SAML token signature in
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c.
    - CVE-2023-20900

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:46:25 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-20900 A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E

Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 2023-07-27 06:07:02 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: authentication bypass vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-20867.patch: Remove some dead code
    - CVE-2023-20867

 -- Nishit Majithia <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:36:54 +0530
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-20867 A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of

Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3 2022-08-24 13:07:10 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: local privilege escalation
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-31676.patch: check authorization on incoming
      guestOps requests in open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/proto.c.
    - CVE-2022-31676

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:23:06 -0400
CVE-2022-31676 VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege es ...


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