[USN-5578-1] Open VM Tools vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5578-1
August 24, 2022

open-vm-tools vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

open-vm-tools could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- open-vm-tools: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware

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.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  open-vm-tools                   2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5578-1
  CVE-2022-31676

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
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