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ALSA-2023:2757 Not scored

Moderate: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems. Security Fix(es): * ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck (CVE-2021-46790) * QEMU: VNC: integer underflow in vnc_client_cut_text_ext leads to CPU exhaustion (CVE-2022-3165) * 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) * tpm2: TCG TPM2.0 implementations vulnerable to memory corruption (CVE-2023-1018) 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 16, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-block-ssh
AlmaLinux:8 virt-v2v
AlmaLinux:8 perl-Sys-Guestfs
AlmaLinux:8 ocaml-libguestfs-devel
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-xz-filter
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-wireshark
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
AlmaLinux:8 python3-libnbd
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 sgabios
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-nss
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-tar-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 ruby-hivex
AlmaLinux:8 ruby-libguestfs
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-kvm
AlmaLinux:8 sgabios-bin
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-gfs2
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-winsupport
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-example-plugins
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-block-rbd
AlmaLinux:8 supermin
AlmaLinux:8 python3-libvirt
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-libs
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-bash-completion
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm
AlmaLinux:8 swtpm
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-appliance
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-java-devel
AlmaLinux:8 perl-hivex
AlmaLinux:8 virt-v2v-bash-completion
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-basic-plugins
AlmaLinux:8 virt-v2v-man-pages-ja
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-javadoc
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-nbd-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 netcf-libs
AlmaLinux:8 swtpm-tools
AlmaLinux:8 perl-Sys-Virt
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi
AlmaLinux:8 python3-libguestfs
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-gobject-devel
AlmaLinux:8 libtpms-devel
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-docs
AlmaLinux:8 ocaml-libguestfs
AlmaLinux:8 seabios-bin
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-gobject
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-ssh-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-basic-filters
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-bash-completion
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-lock-sanlock
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-rescue
AlmaLinux:8 libiscsi
AlmaLinux:8 python3-hivex
AlmaLinux:8 swtpm-devel
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster
AlmaLinux:8 swtpm-libs
AlmaLinux:8 ocaml-hivex-devel
AlmaLinux:8 ocaml-libnbd
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-devel
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
AlmaLinux:8 lua-guestfs
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-tools
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-config-network
AlmaLinux:8 nbdfuse
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-python-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-ui-spice
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-rsync
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-dbus
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-docs
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-img
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-tools-c
AlmaLinux:8 netcf
AlmaLinux:8 hivex-devel
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-block-iscsi
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-tar-filter
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-vddk-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi
AlmaLinux:8 SLOF
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-devel
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-ui-opengl
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-tests
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-man-pages-uk
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-client
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir
AlmaLinux:8 libnbd
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-man-pages-ja
AlmaLinux:8 libnbd-bash-completion
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-network
AlmaLinux:8 virt-dib
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core
AlmaLinux:8 hivex
AlmaLinux:8 ocaml-hivex
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-server
AlmaLinux:8 libnbd-devel
AlmaLinux:8 seabios
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-block-gluster
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-core
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-xfs
AlmaLinux:8 libiscsi-devel
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-curl-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 libiscsi-utils
AlmaLinux:8 swtpm-tools-pkcs11
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-gzip-filter
AlmaLinux:8 supermin-devel
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-guest-agent
AlmaLinux:8 libtpms
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-inspect-icons
AlmaLinux:8 ocaml-libnbd-devel
AlmaLinux:8 netcf-devel
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-java
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-common
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
AlmaLinux:8 nbdkit-gzip-plugin
AlmaLinux:8 qemu-kvm-block-curl
AlmaLinux:8 seavgabios-bin
AlmaLinux:8 virt-v2v-man-pages-uk
AlmaLinux:8 libguestfs-devel

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2023:2757

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems. Security Fix(es): * ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck (CVE-2021-46790) * QEMU: VNC: integer underflow in vnc_client_cut_text_ext leads to CPU exhaustion (CVE-2022-3165) * 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) * tpm2: TCG TPM2.0 implementations vulnerable to memory corruption (CVE-2023-1018) 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

Further evidence