SUSE update for open-vm-tools

1) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU80188

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20900

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper verification of SAML token signature. A remote attacker can bypass SAML token signature verification and perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine.

Mitigation

Update the affected package open-vm-tools to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

open-vm-tools-debuginfo: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

libvmtools0-debuginfo: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools-sdmp: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools-salt-minion: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools-desktop: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

open-vm-tools-debugsource: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

libvmtools0: before 12.3.0-4.59.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233795-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.