CVE-2023-20867

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.

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20867
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html
• https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-25040
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11