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

high Nessus Plugin ID 166442

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 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. (bsc#1202739)
- CVE-2022-41974: Fixed an authorization bypass issue in multipathd. (bsc#1202739)
- Avoid linking to libreadline to avoid licensing issue (bsc#1202616)
- multipathd: add 'force_reconfigure' option (bsc#1189551) The command 'multipathd -kreconfigure' changes behavior: instead of reloading every map, it checks map configuration and reloads only modified maps. This speeds up the reconfigure operation substantially. The old behavior can be reinstated by setting 'force_reconfigure yes' in multipath.conf (not recommended).
Note: 'force_reconfigure yes' is not supported in SLE15-SP4 and beyond, which provide the command 'multipathd -k'reconfigure all''
- multipathd: avoid stalled clients during reconfigure (bsc#1189551)
- multipathd: handle client disconnect correctly (bsc#1189551)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166442

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3709-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/25/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kpartx, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:multipath-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdmmp0_2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdmmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:multipath-tools, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41973, CVE-2022-41974

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3709-1

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