Bug 2236542 (CVE-2023-20900) - CVE-2023-20900 open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass
Summary: CVE-2023-20900 open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-20900
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2236543 2236544 2236578 2236579 2236580 2236581 2236582 2236583
Blocks: 2236541
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-31 16:59 UTC by Chess Hazlett
Modified: 2024-11-01 08:27 UTC (History)
29 users (show)

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5210 0 None None None 2023-09-19 07:38:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5213 0 None None None 2023-09-19 07:38:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5216 0 None None None 2023-09-19 07:58:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5217 0 None None None 2023-09-19 08:00:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5218 0 None None None 2023-09-19 08:01:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5220 0 None None None 2023-09-19 07:58:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5312 0 None None None 2023-09-20 13:42:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5313 0 None None None 2023-09-20 13:42:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:5315 0 None None None 2024-08-13 15:39:59 UTC

Description Chess Hazlett 2023-08-31 16:59:36 UTC 
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine may be able to bypass SAML token signature verification, to perform VMware Tools Guest Operations.

References:

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/CVE-2023-20900.patch/CVE-2023-20900.patch
Comment 2 Pedro Sampaio 2023-08-31 19:56:42 UTC 
Created open-vm-tools tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2236578]
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-19 07:38:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2023:5213 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5213
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-19 07:38:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2023:5210 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5210
Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-19 07:58:17 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2023:5216 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5216
Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-19 07:58:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:5220 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5220
Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-19 08:00:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2023:5217 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5217
Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-19 08:01:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:5218 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5218
Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-20 13:42:24 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:5312 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5312
Comment 27 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-20 13:42:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:5313 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5313
Comment 36 errata-xmlrpc 2024-08-13 15:39:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:5315 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5315
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