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Oracle Linux 8 : device-mapper-multipath (ELSA-2023-2948)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176293

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-2948 advisory.

 [0.8.4-37]
 - Fix bugzilla linked to the changes (was previously linked to the wrong bug, 2162537)
 - Resolves: bz #2166468

 [0.8.4-36]
 - Add 0129-libmultipath-select-resize-action-even-if-reload-is-.patch
 - Add 0130-libmultipath-cleanup-ACT_CREATE-code-in-select_actio.patch
 - Add 0131-libmultipath-keep-renames-from-stopping-other-multip.patch
 - Resolves: bz #2166468

 [0.8.4-35]
 - Add 0127-libmultipath-don-t-leak-memory-on-invalid-strings.patch
 - Add 0128-libmutipath-validate-the-argument-count-of-config-st.patch
 - Resolves: bz #2155560

 [0.8.4-34]
 - Add 0126-libmultipath-copy-mpp-hwe-from-pp-hwe.patch
 * Fixes bz #2126714
 - Cleanup multiple CI tests
 - Resolves: bz #2126714

 [0.8.4-33]
 - Add 0125-multipath-add-historical-service-time-to-the-man-pag.patch
 * Fixes bz #2141996
 - Modify tests/multipath_conf_syntax/main.sh
 * fix unrelated test error
 - Resolves: bz #2141996

 [0.8.4-32]
 - Add 0116-kpartx-hold-device-open-until-partitions-have-been-c.patch
 * Fixes bz #2128885
 - Add 0117-libmultipath-cleanup-remove_feature.patch
 - Add 0118-libmultipath-cleanup-add_feature.patch
 - Add 0119-multipath-tests-tests-for-adding-and-removing-featur.patch
 - Add 0120-libmultipath-fix-queue_mode-feature-handling.patch
 - Add 0121-multipath-tests-tests-for-reconcile_features_with_qu.patch
 - Add 0122-libmultipath-prepare-proto_id-for-use-by-non-scsi-de.patch
 - Add 0123-libmultipath-get-nvme-path-transport-protocol.patch
 - Add 0124-libmultipath-enforce-queue_mode-bio-for-nmve-tcp-pat.patch
 * Fixes bz #2022359
 - Resolves: bz #2022359, #2128885

 [0.8.4-31]
 - Add 0114-multipathd-ignore-duplicated-multipathd-command-keys.patch
 * Fixes bz #2133996
 - Add 0115-multipath-tools-use-run-instead-of-dev-shm.patch
 * Fixes bz #2133990
 - Resolves: bz #2133990, #2133996

 [0.8.4-30]
 - Add 0111-multipathd-factor-out-the-code-to-flush-a-map-with-n.patch
 - Add 0112-libmultipath-return-success-if-we-raced-to-remove-a-.patch
 - Add 0113-multipathd-Handle-losing-all-path-in-update_map.patch
 - Resolves: bz #2110485

 [0.8.4-29]
 - Rebuild for rhel-8.8.0
 - Resolves: bz #2123446

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-2948.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176293

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-2948.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2023

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2022-41973

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:oracle:linux:device-mapper-multipath, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:device-mapper-multipath-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:device-mapper-multipath-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libdmmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kpartx

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41973