CVE-2023-34058

Publication date 26 October 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
open-vm-tools	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2:12.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2:12.1.5-3ubuntu0.23.04.3
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm3 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Adjacent
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2023-34058

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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