GLSA 202311-06: multipath-tools: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	multipath-tools: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	11/25/2023
Bugs:	#878763
ID:	202311-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in multipath-tools, the worst of which can lead to root privilege escalation.

Background

multipath-tools are used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-fs/multipath-tools	< 0.9.3	>= 0.9.3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in multipath-tools. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All multipath-tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/multipath-tools-0.9.3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202311-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.