| Name | CVE-2023-34059 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3646-1, DSA-5543-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1054666 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| open-vm-tools (PTS) | bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| trixie | 2:12.5.0-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2:12.5.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/CVE-2023-34059.patch/CVE-2023-34059.patch
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3