{"id":"USN-5578-2","summary":"open-vm-tools vulnerability","details":"USN-5578-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open VM Tools. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain requests.\n An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to gain root\n privileges inside the virtual machine.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:45Z","published":"2022-08-24T16:32:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-31676","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31676"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5578-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31676"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3","2:10.0.0-3000743-3ubuntu1","2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1","2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1","2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2","2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"open-vm-tools"},{"binary_version":"2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"open-vm-tools-desktop"},{"binary_version":"2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"open-vm-tools-dev"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5578-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2022-31676"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}