Cryptographic issues in open-vm-tools and VMware Tools - CVE-2023-20900

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Cryptographic issues in open-vm-tools and VMware Tools - CVE-2023-20900

Published: August 31, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80188
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20900
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper verification of SAML token signature. A remote attacker can bypass SAML token signature verification and perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine.


Affected software

open-vm-tools
XtremIO X2
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
VMware Tools
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
IBM Qradar SIEM
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy
IBM Security Guardium
open-vm-tools (Ubuntu package)
open-vm-tools (Red Hat package)
open-vm-tools
open-vm-tools-desktop
open-vm-tools-devel
open-vm-tools-test
open-vm-tools (Debian package)
open-vm-tools-debuginfo
libvmtools0
libvmtools-devel
libvmtools0-debuginfo
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo
open-vm-tools-debugsource
open-vm-tools-sdmp
open-vm-tools-salt-minion
open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo
open-vm-tools-containerinfo
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
IBM Security Verify Governance
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
RSA Authentication Manager
IBM DataPower Gateway

How to mitigate CVE-2023-20900

Install updates from vendor's website.

open-vm-tools - update to 12.3.0
VMware Tools - addressed in versions 10.3.26, 12.3.0
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines - update to 6.0 SP2 P1
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 7 IF02
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP7 IF02
open-vm-tools (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6, 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3, 2:12.1.5-3ubuntu0.23.04.2
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.20.00.10
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
XtremIO X2 - update to 6.4.2-13
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.120
RSA Authentication Manager - addressed in versions 8.7 SP1 Patch 3, 8.7 SP2 Patch 1
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.2.0.4
open-vm-tools (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 10.3.10-3.el8_1.4, 11.0.0-4.el8_2.3, 11.0.5-3.el7_9.7, 11.2.0-2.el8_4.3, 11.3.5-1.el8_6.4, 11.3.5-1.el9_0.4, 12.1.5-1.el9_2.3, 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3
IBM DataPower Gateway - addressed in versions 10.5.0.12, 10.6.0.0
open-vm-tools - addressed in versions 11.0.5-3, 12.1.5-3
open-vm-tools-desktop - addressed in versions 11.0.5-3, 12.1.5-3
open-vm-tools-devel - update to 11.0.5-3
open-vm-tools-test - update to 11.0.5-3
open-vm-tools (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u2, 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1
open-vm-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
libvmtools0 - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-desktop - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
libvmtools-devel - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
libvmtools0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-debugsource - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-sdmp - addressed in versions 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1, 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1, 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-devel - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-salt-minion - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-sdmp - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-test - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-debugsource - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-desktop - addressed in versions 12.0.5-3, 12.1.5-2
open-vm-tools-sdmp - update to 12.1.5-3
open-vm-tools-salt-minion - addressed in versions 12.2.0-4.56.2, 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-4.59.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-containerinfo-debuginfo - addressed in versions 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools-containerinfo - addressed in versions 12.2.0-150300.33.1, 12.3.0-150300.37.1
open-vm-tools - update to 12.3.0-1
open-vm-tools - addressed in versions 12.3.0-1.fc37, 12.3.0-1.fc38, 12.3.0-1.fc39
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy - addressed in versions 19.9.0.4, 19.10
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 19.15.0.1

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