DSA-1767-1 multipath-tools -- insecure file permissions

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1767-1 multipath-tools -- insecure file permissions

Date Reported:

09 Apr 2009

Affected Packages:

multipath-tools

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 522813.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-0115.

More information:

It was discovered that multipathd of multipath-tools, a tool-chain to manage disk multipath device maps, uses insecure permissions on its unix domain control socket which enables local attackers to issue commands to multipathd prevent access to storage devices or corrupt file system data.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7-1.1etch4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.8-14+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.8-15.

We recommend that you upgrade your multipath-tools packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4.diff.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_amd64.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_i386.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.7-1.1etch4_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-boot_0.4.8-14+lenny1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_alpha.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_amd64.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_arm.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_armel.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_hppa.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_i386.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_ia64.udeb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_mips.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_mipsel.udeb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_powerpc.udeb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_s390.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-udeb_0.4.8-14+lenny1_sparc.udeb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/kpartx_0.4.8-14+lenny1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.4.8-14+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.