ELSA-2023-3944

ELSA-2023-3944 - open-vm-tools security and bug fix update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:LOW
Release Date:2023-06-30

Description


[11.0.5-3.0.1]
- fix spaces in vmware udev rule for scsi devices
[Orabug: 24461968]
- Fix vmware udev rule in 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules file.
[Orabug: 22815019]
- Increase timeout for scsi devices on VMWare guests by adding a udev rule.
- Created a new file 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules
- Modified spec file to install this new file.
[Orabug: 21819156]

[11.0.5-3.el7_9.6]
- ovt-Remove-some-dead-code.patch [bz#2215562]
- Resolves: bz#2215562
([CISA Major Incident] CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module [rhel-7])

[11.0.5-3.el7_9.5]
- ovt-Track-Linux-filesystem-id-FSID-for-quiesced-frozen-f.patch [bz#1880404 bz#1994590]
- Resolves: bz#1880404
([ESXi] [RHEL7] vmtoolsd task is blocked in the uninterruptible state while attempting to delete (unlink) the file 'quiesce_manifest.xml')
- Resolves: bz#1994590
([ESXi][RHEL7.9][open-vm-tools] Snapshot of the RHEL7 guest on the VMWare ESXi hypervisor failed vm hangs)


Related CVEs


CVE-2023-20867

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64) open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.src.rpmd88c74a289b2bcc8d8dc0c4c0c50ac72-
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm967dee650cbea9d3ac2eaf21965fb3a4-
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpmda6af37a0170df54a3f155ed6eb9ce36-
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpmbacb3a9d6932d6b6f3ca28f00337431b-
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm44637c91930db403adef8c0347c60423-



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