RHSA-2023:5313: Security update for 5 packages

RHSA-2023:5313, released September 20, 2023, fixes 1 CVE across 5 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

7.5

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0148

73rd percentile

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
open-vm-tools	RHEL 9	0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3
open-vm-tools-desktop	RHEL 9	0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3
open-vm-tools-salt-minion	RHEL 9	0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3
open-vm-tools-sdmp	RHEL 9	0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3
open-vm-tools-test	RHEL 9	0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2023-20900	open-vm-tools: A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsp...	7.5	0.0148	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2023-20900

RLSA-2023:5313
open-vm-tools on rocky 9
RLSA-2023:5312
open-vm-tools on rocky 8
ELSA-2023-5312
open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-salt-minion and 1 more on ol 8
ELSA-2023-5313
open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-salt-minion and 2 more on ol 9
ALSA-2023:5312
open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-salt-minion and 1 more on almalinux 8
ALSA-2023:5313
open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-salt-minion and 2 more on almalinux 9
RHSA-2023:5312
open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop, open-vm-tools-salt-minion and 1 more on RHEL 8
ALAS2023-2023-350
open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-debuginfo, open-vm-tools-debugsource and 8 more on amzn 2023

Vendor advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5313

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