Christophe.varoqui multipath-tools 0.4.8 Device Mapper access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Christophe.varoqui multipath-tools 0.4.8. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Device Mapper. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-0115. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Christophe.varoqui multipath-tools 0.4.8. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Device Mapper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Device Mapper multipathing driver (aka multipath-tools or device-mapper-multipath) 0.4.8, as used in SUSE openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Fedora, and possibly other operating systems, uses world-writable permissions for the socket file (aka /var/run/multipathd.sock), which allows local users to send arbitrary commands to the multipath daemon.

The weakness was published 03/30/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0115 since 01/13/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67839 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : device-mapper-multipath (ELSA-2009-0411)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116971 (VMware ESX Service Console and vMA Third Party Updates (VMSA-2010-0004)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49831), Tenable (67839), SecurityFocus (BID 34410†), Secunia (SA34418†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51149†). Similar entries are available at VDB-46699, VDB-46698, VDB-46697 and VDB-46696. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67839
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : device-mapper-multipath (ELSA-2009-0411)
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OpenVAS ID: 63794
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1767-1 (multipath-tools)
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01/13/2009 🔍
03/30/2009 +76 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +613 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0115 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0115
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47405

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X-Force: 49831
SecurityFocus: 34410
Secunia: 34418
Vulnerability Center: 51149 - Device Mapper Multipathing Driver 0.4.8 Local Arbitrary Commands Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-0528

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 03/27/2025 08:12
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (65), 07/12/2017 12:10 (4), 08/09/2021 10:49 (3), 03/27/2025 08:12 (16)
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