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Low ALSA-2023:6167 1 CVE

Low: libguestfs-winsupport security update

Published Oct 30, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libguestfs-winsupport 9.2-2.el9_2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40284
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2236130
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6167.html