UBUNTU-CVE-2023-20900

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-20900
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-20900.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-20900
Related
Published
2023-08-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-08-31T00:00:00Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 .

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3

Affected versions

2:9.*

2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3

2:10.*

2:10.0.0-3000743-3ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2

Affected versions

2:10.*

2:10.1.10-3
2:10.1.10-3build1
2:10.1.15-1
2:10.1.15-1build1
2:10.2.0-2
2:10.2.0-2build1
2:10.2.0-3
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu1
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu2
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
2:10.3.5-7~ubuntu0.18.04.1
2:10.3.10-1~ubuntu0.18.04.1

2:11.*

2:11.0.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6

Affected versions

2:10.*

2:10.3.10-3ubuntu1

2:11.*

2:11.0.1-2
2:11.0.1-3
2:11.0.1-3ubuntu1
2:11.0.1-4
2:11.0.5-1
2:11.0.5-2
2:11.0.5-3
2:11.0.5-4
2:11.1.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.1.5-1~ubuntu20.04.2
2:11.2.5-2ubuntu1~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.2
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.4
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools?arch=src?distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3

Affected versions

2:11.*

2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1
2:11.3.0-2ubuntu2
2:11.3.5-1
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu2
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu3
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4
2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4.1

2:12.*

2:12.1.0-1~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1
2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-containerinfo-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-salt-minion"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-sdmp-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}