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AlmaLinux 10 : open-vm-tools (ALSA-2025:17429)

high Nessus Plugin ID 269823

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:17429 advisory.

 * open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-17429.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17429

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 269823

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-17429.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/9/2025

Updated: 10/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-41244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:open-vm-tools-test, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-41244

CWE: 280

RHSA: 2025:17429