CVE-2023-34059

Publication date 26 October 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.

Status

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
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.0 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6463-1
    • Open VM Tools vulnerabilities
    • 31 October 2023
    • USN-6463-2
    • Open VM Tools vulnerabilities
    • 6 December 2023

Other references