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<h1>Security update for open-vm-tools</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2023:2604-2</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210695">#1210695</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212143">#1212143</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867.html">CVE-2023-20867</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20867</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">3.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N</span>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20867</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N</span>
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</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Manager Server 4.2</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2023-20867: Fixed authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (bsc#1212143).</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed build problem with grpc 1.54 (bsc#1210695).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Manager Server 4.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-2604=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools-devel-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.2.0-150300.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210695">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210695</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212143">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212143</a>
</li>
</ul>
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