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Debian DSA-1767-1 : multipath-tools - insecure file permissions

high Nessus Plugin ID 36123

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that multipathd of multipath-tools, a tool-chain to manage disk multipath device maps, uses insecure permissions on its unix domain control socket which enables local attackers to issue commands to multipathd prevent access to storage devices or corrupt file system data.

Solution

Upgrade the multipath-tools packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7-1.1etch2.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.8-14+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522813

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1767

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36123

File Name: debian_DSA-1767.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:multipath-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0115

BID: 34410

CWE: 264

DSA: 1767