Severity
Medium
Vendor
Canonical Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
Description
It was discovered that multipath-tools incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with other issues, to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-41973) It was discovered that multipath-tools incorrectly handled access controls. A local attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with other issues, to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-41974) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5731-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: kpartx-boot – 0.8.3-1ubuntu2.1 multipath-tools-boot – 0.8.3-1ubuntu2.1 kpartx – 0.8.3-1ubuntu2.1 multipath-tools – 0.8.3-1ubuntu2.1 No subscription required
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-41973, CVE-2022-41974.
Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
- Bionic Stemcells
- 1.x versions prior to 1.41
- All other stemcells not listed.
- CF Deployment
- All versions with Bionic Stemcells prior to 1.41
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
- Bionic Stemcells
- Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.41 or greater
- All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
- CF Deployment
- For all versions, upgrade Bionic Stemcells to 1.41 or greater
References
History
2022-12-07: Initial vulnerability report published.
