ALSA-2023:2459

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Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2459.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:2459
Related
Published
2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:26:24.229230Z
Summary
Moderate: device-mapper-multipath security and bug fix update
Details

The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools that use the device-mapper multipath kernel module to manage multipath devices.

Security Fix(es):

  • device-mapper-multipath: multipathd: insecure handling of files in /dev/shm leading to symlink attack (CVE-2022-41973)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 / device-mapper-multipath

Package

Name
device-mapper-multipath
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/device-mapper-multipath

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.7-20.el9

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2459.json"

AlmaLinux:9 / device-mapper-multipath-devel

Package

Name
device-mapper-multipath-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/device-mapper-multipath-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.7-20.el9

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2459.json"

AlmaLinux:9 / device-mapper-multipath-libs

Package

Name
device-mapper-multipath-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/device-mapper-multipath-libs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.7-20.el9

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2459.json"

AlmaLinux:9 / kpartx

Package

Name
kpartx
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/kpartx

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.7-20.el9

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2459.json"