RHEL 8 : device-mapper-multipath (RHSA-2022:7187)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166465

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for device-mapper-multipath.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7187 advisory.

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: Authorization bypass, multipathd daemon listens for client connections on an abstract Unix socket (CVE-2022-41974)

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL device-mapper-multipath package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:7187.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e4c9aca4

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7187

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133988

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166465

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7187.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41974

CWE: 285

RHSA: 2022:7187