Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.705215
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5215-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'open-vm-tools' package(s) announced via the DSA-5215-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'open-vm-tools' package(s) announced via the DSA-5215-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability was discovered in open-vm-tools, an open source implementation of VMware Tools, allowing an unprivileged local guest user to escalate their privileges as root user in the virtual machine. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages. For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'open-vm-tools' package(s) on Debian 11. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-31676 Debian Security Information: DSA-5215 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5215 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5VV2R4LV4T3SNQJYRLFD4C75HBDVV76/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZA63DWRW7HROTVBNRIPBJQWBYIYAQMEW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O4TZF6QRJIDECGMEGBPXJCHZ6YC3VZ6Z/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-27 https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00013.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/3
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