The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2179 advisory.

    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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

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RHEL 9 : libguestfs-winsupport (RHSA-2023:2179)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175420

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 8, 2024, 8:20 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080820
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.0 May 12, 2023, 2:11 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305121411