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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2211

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229680

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A vulnerability was found in libguestfs. This issue occurs while calculating the greatest possible number of matching keys in the get_keys() function. This flaw leads to a denial of service, either by mistake or malicious actor. (CVE-2022-2211)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-2211

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2211

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2211

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 229680

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_2211.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-bash-completion, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:guestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virt-v2v-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-sys-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-javadoc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-xfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-appliance, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libguestfs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lua-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-rescue, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-rsync, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virt-v2v, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ocaml-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-tools-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-tools-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-p2v-maker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-java-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-gobject, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-inspect-icons, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virt-p2v-maker, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-java-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-gobject, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virt-dib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-appliance, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-inspect-icons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-xfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virt-v2v-man-pages-uk, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-benchmarking, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sys-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-rescue, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-rsync, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-ja, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-benchmarking, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virt-v2v-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-dib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:lua-guestfs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2211