Bug 1215190 (CVE-2023-41915) - VUL-0: CVE-2023-41915: pmix: symlink ownership change via race condition during execution of library code with UID 0
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-41915: pmix: symlink ownership change via race condition duri...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2023-41915
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/377845/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-41915:6.3:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-09-11 06:29 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified: 2024-06-05 07:48 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Bergmann 2023-09-11 06:29:48 UTC 
CVE-2023-41915

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.

Upstream commit:
https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/pull/3150/commits/383d48d63452d0523319dab20922cb1fb2cb8175

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-41915
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41915
https://docs.openpmix.org/en/latest/security.html
https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/releases/tag/v4.2.6
https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/releases/tag/v5.0.1
Comment 1 OBSbugzilla Bot 2023-09-12 15:25:04 UTC 
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1215190) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1110642 Factory / pmix
Comment 3 Maintenance Automation 2023-09-28 12:32:26 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2023:3859-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1215190
CVE References: CVE-2023-41915
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1
HPC Module 15-SP4 (src): pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1
HPC Module 15-SP5 (src): pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 4 Robert Frohl 2024-06-05 07:48:35 UTC 
done, closing