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High ALSA-2024:4379 1 CVE

Important: gvisor-tap-vsock security update

Published Jul 8, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

A replacement for libslirp and VPNKit, written in pure Go. It is based on the network stack of gVisor and is used to provide networking for podman-machine virtual machines. Compared to libslirp, gvisor-tap-vsock brings a configurable DNS server and dynamic port forwarding.

Security Fix(es):

* golang-fips/openssl: Memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting RSA payloads (CVE-2024-1394)

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 gvisor-tap-vsock 6:0.7.3-4.el9_4.alma.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1394
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2262921
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-4379.html