Fedora 39 : open-vm-tools (2023-ec8a4d8cde)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185185

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-ec8a4d8cde advisory.

- Use fuse3 on new RHEL (FEDORA-2023-ec8a4d8cde)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected open-vm-tools package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-ec8a4d8cde

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185185

File Name: fedora_2023-ec8a4d8cde.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:open-vm-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2023

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