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Extra Extra read all about it, VMwareTools OpenSSL vulnerabilities!<\/p>\n

Update VMwareTools to solve OpenSSL vulnerabilities CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-2975.\u00a0 The ‘VMwareTools OpenSSL vulnerabilities’ showed up two (2) weeks ago, but it took about a week for the update to post.\u00a0 Latest Tenable scan article<\/a> shows OpenSSL update to v3.0.10 required for VMware Tools.<\/p>\n

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Update VMwareTools<\/h3>\n

Start with the Security scan and the plugin ID to mitigate ‘Tenable Scan output of OpenSSL PlugIn ID documenting problems’<\/p>\n

\"Tenable<\/a>
Tenable Scan output of OpenSSL PlugIn ID documenting problems<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Talk with your security team to identify the offending path for guidance on which application might be the culprit.\u00a0 \u00a0The diagnostic\/debug details can be a lifesaver!<\/p>\n

\"Snippet<\/a>
Snippet of Tenable OpenSSL path from scan diagnostic of OpenSSL vulnerabilities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Newer version of VMwareTools required to fix OpenSSL vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

\"Originally,<\/a>
Originally, no VMwareTools update posted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VmWare tools v12.6 resolves CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-2975.\u00a0 Hopefully your virtualization team uses an Endpoint Manager to manage server configurations, and they have an application\/package wrapper to install VMwareTools without this being a manual process<\/p>\n

Either way, you’ll have to download the update\u00a0download link<\/a><\/p>\n

\"VmWare<\/a><\/p>\n

VmWare tools v12.6 has OpenSSL update to resolve CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-2975<\/p>\n

Follow VMware’s knowledge base (KB) ‘how to’ article ‘how to’ install VMWare Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

I typically link this with the monthly patches, where a single reboot puts all the patches into a fresh boot (applying the configuration).<\/p>\n

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Documentation\/Links<\/h3>\n

Tenable article OpenSSL 3.0.0 < 3.0.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Tenable\u00ae<\/a><\/p>\n

VMware KB article ‘how to’ install VMWare Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) download<\/a><\/p>\n

How to install OpenSSL in windows 10? – Stack Overflow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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