CVE-2009-0115
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-0115 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (device-mapper-multipath) | RHSA-2009:0411 | 2009-04-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (device-mapper-multipath) | RHSA-2009:0411 | 2009-04-07 |
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