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Low ALSA-2022:7958 1 CVE

Low: libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The libguestfs packages contain a library used for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images.

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.

Fixed packages 19

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-appliance 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-bash-completion 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-devel 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-gobject 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-gobject-devel 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-inspect-icons 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-man-pages-ja 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-man-pages-uk 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-rescue 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-rsync 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-xfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 lua-guestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 ocaml-libguestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 ocaml-libguestfs-devel 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 perl-Sys-Guestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 php-libguestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-libguestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 ruby-libguestfs 1:1.48.4-2.el9.alma

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2211
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2100862
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7958.html