Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2023· Updated Mar 6, 2025
CVE-2023-34059
CVE-2023-34059
Description
open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.
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Affected products
36- open-vm-tools/open-vm-toolsdescription
- osv-coords34 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktoppkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minionpkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmppkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-testpkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-4.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-4.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1mitre
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.htmlmitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/mitre
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543mitre
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.htmlmitre
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