Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-350
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-14 00:55 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-20 21:35 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine may be able to bypass SAML token signature verification, to perform VMware Tools Guest Operations. (CVE-2023-20900)
Affected Packages:
open-vm-tools
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update open-vm-tools --releasever 2023.2.20230920 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-test-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
open-vm-tools-devel-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64
src:
open-vm-tools-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.src
x86_64:
open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-test-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-devel-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64
open-vm-tools-12.3.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64