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CVE-2023-20867

Publication date 13 June 2023

Last updated 21 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.9 · Low

Score breakdown

A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
open-vm-tools 23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:12.1.5-3ubuntu0.23.04.1
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Notes

mdeslaur

per upstream, this is a low-severity issue an attacker must have root access on the host to exploit the guest, which doesn't really give any extra privileges

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.9 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N