CVE-2023-34059

NameCVE-2023-34059
Descriptionopen-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3646-1, DSA-5543-1
Debian Bugs1054666

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
open-vm-tools (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:12.4.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
open-vm-toolssourcebuster2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6DLA-3646-1
open-vm-toolssourcebullseye2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3DSA-5543-1
open-vm-toolssourcebookworm2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2DSA-5543-1
open-vm-toolssource(unstable)2:12.3.5-11054666

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
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