SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2022:2936-2 (open-vm-tools)
| From: | opensuse-security@opensuse.org | |
| To: | security-announce@lists.opensuse.org | |
| Subject: | SUSE-SU-2022:2936-2: important: Security update for open-vm-tools | |
| Date: | Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:53:51 +0200 | |
| Message-ID: | <20220901145351.73336F3D4@maintenance.suse.de> | |
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for open-vm-tools ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2936-2 Rating: important References: #1202657 #1202733 Cross-References: CVE-2022-31676 CVSS scores: CVE-2022-31676 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-31676 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected Products: openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. Description: This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues: - Updated to version 12.1.0 (build 20219665) (bsc#1202733): - CVE-2022-31676: Fixed an issue that could allow unprivileged users inside a virtual machine to escalate privileges (bsc#1202657). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2022-2936=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 (x86_64): libvmtools0-12.1.0-150300.19.1 libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.1.0-150300.19.1 open-vm-tools-12.1.0-150300.19.1 open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.1.0-150300.19.1 open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.1.0-150300.19.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202657 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202733