DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059

    Published: 27 Oct 2023Last Modified: 26 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-34059

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-34059

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: open-vm-tools

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2

    Affected versions

    2:12.2.0-1
    2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1
    2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1~bpo11+1
    2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2~bpo10+1
    2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2~bpo11+1

    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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