CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-41974

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Oct 29, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Multipath-tools Opensvc 0.7.0 (including) 0.9.2 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.9-136.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.4-22.el8_6.2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.0-5.el8_1.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support RedHat device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.3-3.el8_2.7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support RedHat device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.4-10.el8_4.4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.7-7.el9_0.1 *
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.5.3-202211170828_8.6 *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu bionic *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu devel *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu focal *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu jammy *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu kinetic *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu trusty *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu upstream *
Multipath-tools Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References