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Low ALSA-2022:8003 1 CVE

Low: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The libvirt library contains a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libvirt (8.5.0). (BZ#2060313)

Security Fix(es):

* libvirt: missing locking in nwfilterConnectNumOfNWFilters can lead to denial of service (CVE-2022-0897)

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 25

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-client 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-config-network 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-network 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-daemon-kvm 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-devel 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-docs 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-libs 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-lock-sanlock 8.5.0-7.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 libvirt-nss 8.5.0-7.el9_1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0897
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2063883
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8003.html