RHEL 4 / 5 : device-mapper-multipath (RHSA-2009:0411)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36115

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated device-mapper-multipath packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The device-mapper multipath packages provide tools to manage multipath devices by issuing instructions to the device-mapper multipath kernel module, and by managing the creation and removal of partitions for device-mapper devices.

It was discovered that the multipathd daemon set incorrect permissions on the socket used to communicate with command line clients. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to send commands to multipathd, resulting in access disruptions to storage devices accessible via multiple paths and, possibly, file system corruption on these devices. (CVE-2009-0115)

Users of device-mapper-multipath are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. The multipathd service must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Important: the version of the multipathd daemon in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 has a known issue which may cause a machine to become unresponsive when the multipathd service is stopped. This issue is tracked in the Bugzilla bug #494582; a link is provided in the References section of this erratum. Until this issue is resolved, we recommend restarting the multipathd service by issuing the following commands in sequence :

# killall -KILL multipathd

# service multipathd restart

Solution

Update the affected device-mapper-multipath and / or kpartx packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0115

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494582

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0411

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36115

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-0411.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpartx, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0115

CWE: 264

RHSA: 2009:0411