RHEL 9 : device-mapper-multipath (RHSA-2022:8453)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167635

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for device-mapper-multipath.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8453 advisory.

- device-mapper-multipath: Regression of CVE-2022-41974 fix in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (CVE-2022-3787)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL device-mapper-multipath package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8453.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b07e08ea

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8453

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2138959

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167635

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8453.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3787

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3787

CWE: 285

RHSA: 2022:8453