CVE-2009-0115

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0115
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-30 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-732 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avaya Intuity Audix Lx 2.0 - All All
Application Avaya Intuity Audix Lx 2.0 sp1 All All
Application Avaya Intuity Audix Lx 2.0 sp2 All All
Application Avaya Message Networking 3.1 All All All
Application Avaya Messaging Storage Server 3.0 All All All
Application Avaya Messaging Storage Server 4.0 All All All
Application Avaya Messaging Storage Server 5.0 All All All
Application Christophe.varoqui Multipath-tools 0.4.8 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Application Juniper Ctpview All All All All
Application Juniper Ctpview 7.1 - All All
Operating System Novell Open Enterprise Server - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 9 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for device-mapper-multipath - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1767-1 multipath-tools af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
VMware vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Resource is no longer available! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.opensuse.org Broken Link, Exploit
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-17.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
CVE-2009-0115 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
Debian update for multipath-tools - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
ASA-2009-128 (RHSA-2009-0411) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Avaya Products device-mapper-multipath Insecure Socket - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
2015-07 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: device-mapper-multipath-0.4.8-9.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report