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Low ALSA-2022:7968 1 CVE

Low: virt-v2v security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The virt-v2v package provides a tool for converting virtual machines to use the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor or AlmaLinux Enterprise Virtualization. The tool modifies both the virtual machine image and its associated libvirt metadata. Also, virt-v2v can configure a guest to use VirtIO drivers if possible.

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 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 virt-v2v 1:2.0.7-6.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 virt-v2v-bash-completion 1:2.0.7-6.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 virt-v2v-man-pages-ja 1:2.0.7-6.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 virt-v2v-man-pages-uk 1:2.0.7-6.el9

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-2022-7968.html