-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: open-vm-tools security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6381-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6381 Issue date: 2022-09-07 CVE Names: CVE-2022-31676 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine (CVE-2022-31676) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 2118714 - CVE-2022-31676 open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): x86_64: open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): x86_64: open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): x86_64: open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.src.rpm x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): x86_64: open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . 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