open-vm-tools: A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the...
CVE-2023-20867 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1, released June 12, 2023. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 23, 2023. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.
A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| open-vm-tools · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u2 | DSA-5493-1 | Sep 10, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1 | DSA-5493-1 | Sep 10, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2:12.2.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20867 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 14 | 2:12.2.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20867 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 | RHSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 | RHSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 | open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 | open-vm-tools 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | open-vm-tools 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma | ALSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma | ALSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 | ELSA-2023-3949 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 | ELSA-2023-3948 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · rocky 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 | RLSA-2023:3949 | Jul 8, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · rocky 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 | RLSA-2023:3948 | Jul 8, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-containerinfo · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | open-vm-tools-containerinfo 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 | RHSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 | RHSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma | ALSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma | ALSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 | ELSA-2023-3949 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 | ELSA-2023-3948 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 | RHSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 | RHSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma | ALSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma | ALSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 | ELSA-2023-3949 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 | ELSA-2023-3948 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 | RHSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 | RHSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 | open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma | ALSA-2023:3949 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma | ALSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 | ELSA-2023-3949 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 | ELSA-2023-3948 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 | RHSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma | ALSA-2023:3948 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 | ELSA-2023-3948 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-259 | Jul 17, 2023 |
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