CVE-2009-0115

Public Exploit

Description

The Device Mapper multipathing driver (aka multipath-tools or device-mapper-multipath) 0.4.8, as used in SUSE openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Fedora, and possibly other operating systems, uses world-writable permissions for the socket file (aka /var/run/multipathd.sock), which allows local users to send arbitrary commands to the multipath daemon.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34759 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html mailing list broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1767 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34694 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-128.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34710 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00236.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-0115 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9214 vdb entry signature broken link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00231.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 third party advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 third party advisory
http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-kpartx-6082.xml broken link exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb entry permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0115?
CVE-2009-0115 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0115?
To fix CVE-2009-0115, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-0115 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-0115 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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