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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_5315.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: open-vm-tools security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:5315-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5315
Issue date:         2024-08-14
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-20900
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Summary: 

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

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: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-20900)

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.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2023-20900

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236542