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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : multipath-tools vulnerabilities (USN-5731-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167900

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5731-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that multipath-tools incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with other issues, to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-41973)

 It was discovered that multipath-tools incorrectly handled access controls. A local attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with other issues, to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-41974)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5731-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167900

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5731-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:multipath-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:multipath-tools-boot, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpartx, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpartx-boot

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41973, CVE-2022-41974

USN: 5731-1