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Debian dsa-5919 : open-vm-tools - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236765

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5919 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5919-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 14, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : open-vm-tools CVE ID : CVE-2025-22247 Debian Bug : 1105159

 It was discovered that insecure file handling in open-vm-tools, an open source implementation of VMware Tools, may allow an unprivileged local guest user to tamper local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages.

 For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/open-vm-tools

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the open-vm-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a254e898

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-22247

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/open-vm-tools

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236765

File Name: debian_DSA-5919.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2025

Updated: 5/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22247

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-containerinfo, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22247