3.9 Low
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
76.5%
The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3531 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3531. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(179908);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/08/16");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-20867");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2023/07/14");
script_name(english:"Debian DLA-3531-1 : open-vm-tools - LTS security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3531
advisory.
- 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. (CVE-2023-20867)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1037546");
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/open-vm-tools
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a254e898");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3531");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-20867");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/open-vm-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the open-vm-tools packages.
For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-20867");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/06/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'open-vm-tools', 'reference': '2:10.3.10-1+deb10u4'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'open-vm-tools-desktop', 'reference': '2:10.3.10-1+deb10u4'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'open-vm-tools-dev', 'reference': '2:10.3.10-1+deb10u4'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var _release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (_release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'open-vm-tools / open-vm-tools-desktop / open-vm-tools-dev');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | open-vm-tools | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools |
debian | debian_linux | open-vm-tools-desktop | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop |
debian | debian_linux | open-vm-tools-dev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools-dev |
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |