CVE-2023-20867

Public on 2023-06-13

Modified on 2024-02-07

Description

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.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

3.9

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	open-vm-tools	2023-07-19	ALAS2-2023-2139
Amazon Linux 2023	open-vm-tools	2023-07-19	ALAS2023-2023-259

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	3.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	CVSSv3	3.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2023-20867 Mitre: CVE-2023-20867