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ALSA-2023:2179 Not scored

Moderate: libguestfs-winsupport security update

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: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck (CVE-2021-46790) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause heap exhaustion in ntfs_get_attribute_value (CVE-2022-30784) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_names_full_collate (CVE-2022-30786) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_mft_rec_alloc (CVE-2022-30788) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_check_log_client_array (CVE-2022-30789) 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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 9, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 libguestfs-winsupport

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2023:2179

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: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck (CVE-2021-46790) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause heap exhaustion in ntfs_get_attribute_value (CVE-2022-30784) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_names_full_collate (CVE-2022-30786) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_mft_rec_alloc (CVE-2022-30788) * ntfs-3g: crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_check_log_client_array (CVE-2022-30789) 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.

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05 / REFERENCES

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