Name | CVE-2023-34058 |
Description | VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html . |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-3646-1, DSA-5543-1, ELA-999-1 |
Debian Bugs | 1054666 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
open-vm-tools (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:9.4.6-1770165-8+deb8u2 | fixed |
stretch (lts), stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6 | fixed | |
buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 | fixed | |
bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | fixed | |
bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 2:12.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
open-vm-tools | source | jessie | 10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6 | ELA-999-1 | ||
open-vm-tools | source | stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6 | ELA-999-1 | ||
open-vm-tools | source | buster | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 | DLA-3646-1 | ||
open-vm-tools | source | bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | DSA-5543-1 | ||
open-vm-tools | source | bookworm | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | DSA-5543-1 | ||
open-vm-tools | source | (unstable) | 2:12.3.5-1 | 1054666 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/CVE-2023-34058.patch/CVE-2023-34058.patch
[jessie] - open-vm-tools <not-affected> (the VGAUTH component was introduced later in 9.10.0)
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/b23378e336a7b0ecc7a4584c9a5f185b40e1ef5a