Updated multipath-tools packages fix security vulnerabilities

multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users able to access /dev/shm can change symlinks in multipathd due to incorrect symlink handling, which could lead to controlled file writes outside o...

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

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...

Privilege escalation

multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users able to access /dev/shm can change symlinks in multipathd due to incorrect symlink handling, which could lead to controlled file writes outside o...

SUSE SLES15: kpartx / libdmmp-devel / libdmmp0_2_0 / multipath-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3709-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3709-1 advisory. - CVE-2022-41973: Fixed a symlink attack in multipathd. bsc1202739 - CVE-2022-41974: Fixed an authorization bypass issue in...