-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: open-vm-tools security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6355-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6355 Issue date: 2022-09-06 CVE Names: CVE-2022-31676 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support. 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 AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - 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 AppStream EUS (v. 8.2): Source: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.src.rpm x86_64: open-vm-tools-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo-11.0.0-4.el8_2.1.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 . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIVAwUBYxd1GtzjgjWX9erEAQhEnA//SpXO+LqY935ZIYwhrdS77uPU3ptV5U3u RY5JciZRMcLIXVw1WBgHCUGabp+BM1TxwcSqRFelZg00dBuf9Kx52Gph4ktqbt4f CcGdMW9Q5by3RterS3FrnDZhxvYifVECbtx7MUN8o30VD0vkFwSO0ZqQWU4bp/fV B7Rk9/c04nsNXayyGPjVzFF7PBXDho9CWdAU9r3i1dhs0qc35Nz26ja60TiVJVvc Oxe5WIbsdXMxyF7++SlFH3QEBBlZl41blXs1QAKKRjOmSe5sAJ7kJKYWDelimDXF ZCf7JYvZ+NCCTJojHolL3cnTBnWXGR9O/AxCjKaCGDzhV5jPUWIT7rmInQoH5hQd vozBQCYEUcag9GpIAHmTcFq+DU/JEQ/Ur1hy/mLXKZBeqa1NlTgS6RcMFFu5U9L3 wW2Ebtpo4588eGd36TgK7R2LFvkKpEqJ7pc+I7Abw3c9wDCGMFp8cxDiGVpPZtlY EtTgYUEgrxPAuJyxXsVOHSzEUqMtPtI/kPhBv0nRGmPb0LomKOmIr4nc5wT3lNaK HrEt7PnhRIZ7BLjjZJvK4eKGoVtIqNOkzw+T4hNE9Zvlx27t62weISYvGWJ7s4Tg U2KdFPwOOTdKI7wipUcidEKd1SYSXFQSH6f44Y1Blz4LgZ97FlaIsO8KCM6Nh7Pe cqnloPFdYFk= =zLen -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce