RedHat: RHSA-2019-2308:01 Low: libguestfs-winsupport security update
Summary
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 leads to local root privilege
escalation (CVE-2019-9755)
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 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9755 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
libguestfs-winsupport-7.2-3.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
libguestfs-winsupport-7.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for libguestfs-winsupport is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1691624 - CVE-2019-9755 ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow leads to local root privilege escalation
