Improper Privilege Management Affecting multipath-tools package, versions <0.8.8-1ubuntu1.22.10.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2210-MULTIPATHTOOLS-3090880
  • published28 Oct 2022
  • disclosed29 Oct 2022

Introduced: 28 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-41974  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.10 multipath-tools to version 0.8.8-1ubuntu1.22.10.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream multipath-tools package and not the multipath-tools package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

multipath-tools 0.7.0 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited alone or in conjunction with CVE-2022-41973. Local users able to write to UNIX domain sockets can bypass access controls and manipulate the multipath setup. This can lead to local privilege escalation to root. This occurs because an attacker can repeat a keyword, which is mishandled because arithmetic ADD is used instead of bitwise OR.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1