{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2022-10-24T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "device-mapper-multipath: multipathd: insecure handling of files in /dev/shm leading to symlink attack",
    "id" : "2123894",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123894"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.0",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users able to access /dev/shm can change symlinks in multipathd due to incorrect symlink handling, which could lead to controlled file writes outside of the /dev/shm directory. This could be used indirectly for local privilege escalation to root.", "A vulnerability was found in the device-mapper-multipath. The device-mapper-multipath allows local users to obtain root access, in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users that are able to access /dev/shm can change symlinks in multipathd due to incorrect symlink handling, which may lead to controlled file writes outside of the /dev/shm directory. This could be used indirectly for local privilege escalation to root." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2023-05-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:2948",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.4-37.el8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-03-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:1110",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6",
    "package" : "device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.4-22.el8_6.5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-05-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:2459",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "device-mapper-multipath-0:0.8.7-20.el9"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "device-mapper-multipath",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "device-mapper-multipath",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41973\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41973\nhttps://www.qualys.com/2022/10/24/leeloo-multipath/leeloo-multipath.txt" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2022-41973",
  "csaw" : false
}