Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0116: open-vm-tools (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0116)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236107

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0116 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-20900:
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware- vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr- public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd- db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236107

File Name: alinux3_sa_2023-0116.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-test, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:open-vm-tools-desktop

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20900

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