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MiracleLinux 9 : open-vm-tools-12.1.5-1.el9.1 (AXSA:2023-6173:04)

low Nessus Plugin ID 292731

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-6173:04 advisory.

 * open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module (CVE-2023-20867)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/17357

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 292731

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6173.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:open-vm-tools-test, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20867