Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-6168-01 - An update for libguestfs-winsupport is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: libguestfs-winsupport security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:6168-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6168
Issue date: 2023-10-30
Revision: 01
CVE Names: CVE-2022-40284
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Summary:
An update for libguestfs-winsupport is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description:
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.
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2022-40284
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low