Bug 2246096 (CVE-2023-34059) - CVE-2023-34059 open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper
Summary: CVE-2023-34059 open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmw...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-34059
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2246962
Blocks: 2245691
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Reported: 2023-10-25 12:11 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2024-05-10 11:14 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: open-vm-tools 11.0.0
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A flaw was found in open-vm-tools. This flaw allows a malicious actor with non-root privileges to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor, allowing them to simulate user inputs.
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7260 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:20:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7261 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:20:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7262 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:22:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7263 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:25:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7264 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:22:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7265 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:59:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7267 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:25:30 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7276 0 None None None 2023-11-15 18:55:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7277 0 None None None 2023-11-15 19:05:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7279 0 None None None 2023-11-15 19:13:55 UTC

Description Marian Rehak 2023-10-25 12:11:27 UTC 
VMware 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.
Comment 4 Marian Rehak 2023-10-30 09:33:07 UTC 
Created open-vm-tools tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2246962]
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:20:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2023:7260 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7260
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:20:27 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-2023:7261 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7261
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:22:39 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:7264 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7264
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:22:44 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 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2023:7262 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7262
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:25:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:7267 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7267
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:25:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:7263 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7263
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:55:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:7276 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7276
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 18:59:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:7265 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7265
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 19:05:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:7277 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7277
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-15 19:13:54 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2023:7279 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7279
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