7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
Issue Overview:
multipath-tools 0.7.0 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited alone or in conjunction with CVE-2022-41973. Local users able to write to UNIX domain sockets can bypass access controls and manipulate the multipath setup. This can lead to local privilege escalation to root. This occurs because an attacker can repeat a keyword, which is mishandled because arithmetic ADD is used instead of bitwise OR. (CVE-2022-41974)
Affected Packages:
device-mapper-multipath
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update device-mapper-multipath to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
kpartx-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
libdmmp-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
libdmmp-devel-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
kpartx-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
libdmmp-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
libdmmp-devel-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.9-136.amzn2.i686
src:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-136.amzn2.src
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-devel-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
kpartx-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
libdmmp-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
libdmmp-devel-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2022-41974
Mitre: CVE-2022-41974
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%