Bug 2137414

Summary:	CVE-2022-41973 device-mapper-multipath: Symlink attack multipathd operates insecurely, as root, in /dev/shm (a sticky, world-writable directory similar to /tmp) [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	device-mapper-multipath	Assignee:	LVM and device-mapper development team <lvm-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	36	CC:	agk, bmarzins, cfeist, heinzm, kzak, lvm-team, mcsontos, msnitzer, prajnoha, prockai
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	device-mapper-multipath-0.8.7-9.fc36	Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Last Closed:	2022-11-10 16:18:05 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2123894

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-10-24 20:02:21 UTC

More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123894

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-10-24 20:02:24 UTC

Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# low, medium, high, urgent (required)
severity=medium

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=2123894,2137414

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2022-10-26 19:01:27 UTC

FEDORA-2022-6ec78b2586 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 36. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-6ec78b2586

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2022-10-27 12:14:11 UTC

FEDORA-2022-6ec78b2586 has been pushed to the Fedora 36 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2022-6ec78b2586`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-6ec78b2586

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2022-11-10 16:18:05 UTC

FEDORA-2022-6ec78b2586 has been pushed to the Fedora 36 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.