DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-34059
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059
Upstream
Published
2023-10-27T05:15:39Z
Modified
2025-09-19T07:33:20.372272Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3

Affected versions

2:11.*

2:11.2.5-2
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u2
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3~bpo10+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2

Affected versions

2:12.*

2:12.2.0-1
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1~bpo11+1
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2~bpo10+1
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2~bpo11+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.3.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.3.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}