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Alpine: multiple open-vm-tools packages: security update to 12.2.5-r0

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405904

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations,
 impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. (CVE-2023-20867)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-20867

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 405904

Version: Revision 1.30

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

Percentile: 96.43

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20867

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20867