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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-41915: Important: pmix security update (ALSA-2024-2199)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-41915: Important: pmix security update (ALSA-2024-2199)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2023
Created
05/08/2024
Added
05/08/2024
Modified
07/25/2024

Description

OpenPMIx PMIx before 4.2.6 and 5.0.x before 5.0.1 allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition during execution of library code with UID 0.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-pmix
  • alma-upgrade-pmix-devel
  • alma-upgrade-pmix-pmi
  • alma-upgrade-pmix-pmi-devel
  • alma-upgrade-pmix-tools

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