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Gentoo: GLSA-202311-06 High: multiple multipath-tools risks

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Warning issued regarding vulnerabilities in multipath-tools, emphasizing risks of privilege escalation. Users are advised to act promptly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in multipath-tools, the worst of which can lead to root privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in multipath-tools. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo root escalation multipath-tools

Resolution

All multipath-tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/multipath-tools-0.9.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-41973 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41973 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-41974 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41974

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: multipath-tools: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: November 25, 2023
Bugs: #878763
ID: 202311-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo root escalation multipath-tools

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in multipath-tools, the worst of which can lead to root privilege escalation.

Background

multipath-tools are used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------------- ------------ ------------ sys-fs/multipath-tools < 0.9.3 >= 0.9.3

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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