SB2010060102 - Gentoo update for multipath-tools



SB2010060102 - Gentoo update for multipath-tools

Published: June 1, 2010 Updated: September 25, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2010060102
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0115)

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The Device Mapper multipathing driver (aka multipath-tools or device-mapper-multipath) 0.4.8, as used in SUSE openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Fedora, and possibly other operating systems, uses world-writable permissions for the socket file (aka /var/run/multipathd.sock), which allows local users to send arbitrary commands to the multipath daemon.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.