RLSA-2022:6357

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:6357
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:6357.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2022:6357
Related
Published
2022-09-06T14:26:28Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:13:29.214348Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: open-vm-tools security update
Details

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

  • open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine (CVE-2022-31676)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/open-vm-tools?distro=rocky-linux-8-6-legacy&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:11.3.5-1.el8_6.1