UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41915

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41915

    Published: 9 Sept 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-41915
    Aliases:
    USN-6434-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41915, https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/commit/da036933c2795c1f40d0835e15f17e204e4daf0f, https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/commit/0bf9801a3017eb6ca411e158da39570ccb998c17, https://docs.openpmix.org/en/latest/security.html, https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/releases/tag/v5.0.1, https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/releases/tag/v4.2.6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6434-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41915

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pmix

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.1~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0~rc1-1
    2.1.0~rc1-2
    2.1.0~rc1-3
    2.1.0-1
    2.1.0-2
    2.1.1~rc1-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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