USN-5578-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open VM Tools. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to gain root privileges inside the virtual machine.
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1", "binary_name": "open-vm-tools" }, { "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1", "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop" }, { "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1", "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev" } ] }
{ "cves_map": { "cves": [ { "severity": [ { "type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "type": "Ubuntu", "score": "medium" } ], "id": "CVE-2022-31676" } ], "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS" } }