ALSA-2022:6357

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    ALSA-2022:6357

    Published: 6 Sept 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: open-vm-tools security update

    Details: The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools: local root privilege escalation in the virtual machine (CVE-2022-31676) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6357, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31676, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2118714, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-6357.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: open-vm-tools

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -11.3.5-1.el8_6.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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