ALSA-2023:6167

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    ALSA-2023:6167

    Published: 30 Oct 2023Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-40284

    Summary: Low: libguestfs-winsupport security update

    Details: The libguestfs-winsupport package adds support for Windows guests to libguestfs, a set of tools and libraries allowing users to access and modify virtual machine (VM) disk images. Security Fix(es): * NTFS-3G: buffer overflow issue in NTFS-3G can cause code execution via crafted metadata in an NTFS image (CVE-2022-40284) 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6167, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40284, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2236130, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6167.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libguestfs-winsupport

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/libguestfs-winsupport

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.2-2.el9_2

    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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