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RHEL 9 : guestfs-tools (RHSA-2022:7959)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 167578
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7959 advisory.- libguestfs: Buffer overflow in get_keys leads to DoS (CVE-2022-2211)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected guestfs-tools and / or virt-win-reg packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2211
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 167578
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7959.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2022
Updated: 2/2/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2211
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:guestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-win-reg
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-2211