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Package "open-vm-tools"

Name: open-vm-tools

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Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Latest version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools

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Version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 2025-09-29 21:07:04 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: local privilege escalation in Service Discovery Plugin
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-41244.patch: disable by default the execution
      of the SDMP get-versions.sh script in
      open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/serviceDiscovery.c.
    - CVE-2025-41244

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:05:34 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2025-41244 VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege esca ...

Version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 2025-05-13 13:07:36 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: insecure file handling vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-22247.patch: properly check symlinks and path
      traversal chars in open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/VGAuthUtil.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/VGAuthUtil.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/prefs.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/usercheck.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/alias.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/service.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/serviceInt.h.
    - CVE-2025-22247

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 06 May 2025 08:36:39 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2025-22247 VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the loca

Version: 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4 2023-10-31 16:15:22 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: SAML Bypass
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-34058.patch: don't accept tokens with
      unrelated certs in open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/certverify.c,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/certverify.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/common/prefs.h,
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c.
    - CVE-2023-34058
  * SECURITY UPDATE: file descriptor hijack
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-34059.patch: change privilege dropping order
      in open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c,
      open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c.
    - CVE-2023-34059

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:38:17 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-34058 VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.v

Version: 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 2023-09-13 16:10:04 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: SAML token signature bypass vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-20900.patch: Allow only X509 certs to verify
      the SAML token signature in
      open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c.
    - CVE-2023-20900

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:45:55 -0400
Source diff to previous version
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

Version: 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 2023-07-27 06:07:03 UTC

  open-vm-tools (2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: authentication bypass vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-20867.patch: Remove some dead code
    - CVE-2023-20867

 -- Nishit Majithia <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:39:02 +0530
CVE-2023-20867 A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of


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