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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-46790: Moderate: libguestfs-winsupport security update (ALSA-2023-2179)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-46790: Moderate: libguestfs-winsupport security update (ALSA-2023-2179)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/02/2022
Created
05/15/2023
Added
05/15/2023
Modified
04/24/2024

Description

ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-libguestfs-winsupport

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