Moderate: device-mapper-multipath security and bug fix update

2023-05-0900:00:00

errata.almalinux.org

insecure handling

symlink attack

cvss score

almalinux

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

JSON

The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools that use the device-mapper multipath kernel module to manage multipath devices.

Security Fix(es):

device-mapper-multipath: multipathd: insecure handling of files in /dev/shm leading to symlink attack (CVE-2022-41973)

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
almalinux9i686device-mapper-multipath-libs< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.i686.rpm
almalinux9x86_64kpartx< 0.8.7-20.el9kpartx-0.8.7-20.el9.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9x86_64device-mapper-multipath< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-20.el9.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9x86_64device-mapper-multipath-libs< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.x86_64.rpm
almalinux9ppc64ledevice-mapper-multipath< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-20.el9.ppc64le.rpm
almalinux9ppc64lekpartx< 0.8.7-20.el9kpartx-0.8.7-20.el9.ppc64le.rpm
almalinux9ppc64ledevice-mapper-multipath-libs< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.ppc64le.rpm
almalinux9aarch64device-mapper-multipath< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-20.el9.aarch64.rpm
almalinux9aarch64kpartx< 0.8.7-20.el9kpartx-0.8.7-20.el9.aarch64.rpm
almalinux9aarch64device-mapper-multipath-libs< 0.8.7-20.el9device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.aarch64.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
almalinux	9	i686	device-mapper-multipath-libs	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.i686.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	kpartx	< 0.8.7-20.el9	kpartx-0.8.7-20.el9.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	device-mapper-multipath	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-20.el9.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	x86_64	device-mapper-multipath-libs	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.x86_64.rpm
almalinux	9	ppc64le	device-mapper-multipath	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-20.el9.ppc64le.rpm
almalinux	9	ppc64le	kpartx	< 0.8.7-20.el9	kpartx-0.8.7-20.el9.ppc64le.rpm
almalinux	9	ppc64le	device-mapper-multipath-libs	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.ppc64le.rpm
almalinux	9	aarch64	device-mapper-multipath	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-20.el9.aarch64.rpm
almalinux	9	aarch64	kpartx	< 0.8.7-20.el9	kpartx-0.8.7-20.el9.aarch64.rpm
almalinux	9	aarch64	device-mapper-multipath-libs	< 0.8.7-20.el9	device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.8.7-20.el9.aarch64.rpm