Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2139
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-17 17:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-07-19 22:19 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. (CVE-2023-20867)
Affected Packages:
open-vm-tools
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update open-vm-tools to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
open-vm-tools-12.2.5-1.amzn2.aarch64
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-1.amzn2.aarch64
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-1.amzn2.aarch64
open-vm-tools-devel-12.2.5-1.amzn2.aarch64
open-vm-tools-test-12.2.5-1.amzn2.aarch64
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.5-1.amzn2.aarch64
src:
open-vm-tools-12.2.5-1.amzn2.src
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-devel-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-test-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.2.5-1.amzn2.x86_64