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CVE-2009-0115 json

The Device Mapper multipathing driver (aka multipath-tools or device-mapper-multipath) 0.4.8, as used in SUSE openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterpri…

published 2009-03-30 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0124

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • juniper ctpview 7.1
  • multipath-tools Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.8-15

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0115

  • device-mapper-multipath RHEL 4 0.4.5-31.el4_7.1
  • device-mapper-multipath RHEL 5 0.4.7-23.el5_3.2
  • kpartx RHEL 5 0.4.7-23.el5_3.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0411

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0115 updated cvss 6.2

device-mapper-multipath: insecure permissions on multipathd.sock

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kpartx 0.4.7-23.el5_3.2, device-mapper-multipath 0.4.7-23.el5_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 device-mapper-multipath 0.4.5-31.el4_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kpartx 0.4.7-23.el5_3.2, device-mapper-multipath 0.4.7-23.el5_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 device-mapper-multipath 0.4.5-31.el4_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 device-mapper-multipath 0.4.5-31.el4_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 device-mapper-multipath 0.4.5-31.el4_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0411

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Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • download.opensuse.org http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-kpartx-6082.xml referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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