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TI-2009-00107 Aliases CVE-2009-0115GHSA-m58q-qh36-cwx8

The Device Mapper multipathing driver (aka multipath-tools or device-mapper-multipath)…

Priority LOW 35CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00494 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 19

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:christophe.varoqui:multipath-tools:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.8VulnerableChristophe.varoqui
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:intuity_audix_lx:2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableAvaya
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:intuity_audix_lx:2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 sp1VulnerableAvaya
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:intuity_audix_lx:2.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 sp2VulnerableAvaya
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:message_networking:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableAvaya
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:messaging_storage_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableAvaya
  • cpe:2.3:a:christophe.varoqui:multipath-tools:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.8 Vulnerable ·Christophe.varoqui
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:intuity_audix_lx:2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Avaya
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:intuity_audix_lx:2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Avaya
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:intuity_audix_lx:2.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Avaya
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:message_networking:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Avaya
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:messaging_storage_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Avaya
Show 9 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:messaging_storage_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableAvaya
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:messaging_storage_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableAvaya
cpe:2.3:o:novell:open_enterprise_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableNovell
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.3 – 11.0VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*10VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:juniper:ctpview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 7.1VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:a:juniper:ctpview:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1VulnerableJuniper
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:messaging_storage_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Avaya
  • cpe:2.3:a:avaya:messaging_storage_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Avaya
  • cpe:2.3:o:novell:open_enterprise_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Novell
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.3 – 11.0 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:juniper:ctpview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:a:juniper:ctpview:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 Vulnerable ·Juniper

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2009:0411 Released 2009-04-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    device-mapper-multipath security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5_3.2, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5_3.2.i386, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5_3.2.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.i386, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5_3.2, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5_3.2.i386, kpartx-0.4.7-23.el5_3.2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.i386, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.i386, device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-31.el4_7.1.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:0411
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:0411
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0411
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:0411
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:0411
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:0411

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0115
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m58q-qh36-cwx8

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 9

Other 3

Sources

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