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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5366-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
March 01, 2023                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : multipath-tools
CVE ID         : CVE-2022-41973 CVE-2022-41974
Debian Bug     : 1022742

The Qualys Research Labs reported an authorization bypass
(CVE-2022-41974) and a symlink attack (CVE-2022-41973) in
multipath-tools, a set of tools to drive the Device Mapper multipathing
driver, which may result in local privilege escalation.

Please refer to /usr/share/doc/multipath-tools/NEWS.Debian.gz for
backwards-incompatible changes in this update.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.5-2+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your multipath-tools packages.

For the detailed security status of multipath-tools please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/multipath-tools

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-5366-1: multipath-tools security update

March 1, 2023
The Qualys Research Labs reported an authorization bypass (CVE-2022-41974) and a symlink attack (CVE-2022-41973) in multipath-tools, a set of tools to drive the Device Mapper multi...

Summary

Please refer to /usr/share/doc/multipath-tools/NEWS.Debian.gz for
backwards-incompatible changes in this update.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.5-2+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your multipath-tools packages.

For the detailed security status of multipath-tools please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/multipath-tools

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
The Qualys Research Labs reported an authorization bypass
(CVE-2022-41974) and a symlink attack (CVE-2022-41973) in
multipath-tools, a set of tools to drive the Device Mapper multipathing
driver, which may result in local privilege escalation.

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