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Red Hat: CVE-2023-41915: pmix: race condition allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-41915: pmix: race condition allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/09/2023
Created
05/01/2024
Added
05/01/2024
Modified
11/26/2024

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-pmix
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-pmi
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-pmi-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-pmi-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-pmix-tools-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2023-41915
  • RHSA-2024:2199
  • RHSA-2024:3008

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