ALSA-2022:7959

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    ALSA-2022:7959

    Published: 15 Nov 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2022-2211

    Summary: Low: guestfs-tools security, bug fix, and enhancement update

    Details: guestfs-tools is a set of tools that can be used to make batch configuration changes to guests, get disk used/free statistics, perform backups and guest clones, change registry/UUID/hostname info, build guests from scratch, and much more. Security Fix(es): * libguestfs: Buffer overflow in get_keys leads to DoS (CVE-2022-2211) For 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7959, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2211, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2100862, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7959.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: guestfs-tools

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/guestfs-tools

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.48.2-5.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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