USN-6434-1

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    USN-6434-1

    Published: 17 Oct 2023Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: pmix vulnerability

    Details: Francois Diakhate discovered that PMIx did not properly handle race conditions in the pmix library, which could lead to unwanted privilege escalation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain ownership of an arbitrary file on the filesystem, under the default configuration of the application.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6434-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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
    USN-6434-1 | CVE-DB