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CVE-2022-41973

Published: 24 October 2022

multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users able to access /dev/shm can change symlinks in multipathd due to incorrect symlink handling, which could lead to controlled file writes outside of the /dev/shm directory. This could be used indirectly for local privilege escalation to root.

Notes

AuthorNote
alexmurray
introduced in version 0.7.7 via commit 65d0a63

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
multipath-tools
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal
Released (0.8.3-1ubuntu2.1)
jammy
Released (0.8.8-1ubuntu1.22.04.1)
kinetic
Released (0.8.8-1ubuntu1.22.10.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/opensvc/multipath-tools/commit/cb57b930fa690ab79b3904846634681685e3470f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H