{"id":"ALSA-2023:5313","summary":"Important: open-vm-tools security update","details":"The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* open-vm-tools: SAML token signature bypass (CVE-2023-20900)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:59:53.815614Z","published":"2023-09-20T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2023-20900"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5313"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20900"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2236542"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5313.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5313.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-desktop","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktop"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5313.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-salt-minion","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minion"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5313.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-sdmp","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmp"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5313.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-test","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-test"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5313.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}