CVE-2009-0115

7.8 HIGH
Published: March 30, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-kpartx-6082.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Exploit
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-0115
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34694
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34710
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34759
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-128.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1767
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9214
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00231.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00236.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-kpartx-6082.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-0115
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34710
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34759
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-128.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1767
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9214
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00231.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00236.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List

38 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

Affected Vendors

christophe.varoqui debian avaya suse fedoraproject novell juniper opensuse

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