Bug 2238898 (CVE-2023-41915) - CVE-2023-41915 pmix: race condition allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files
Summary: CVE-2023-41915 pmix: race condition allows attackers to obtain ownership of a...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-41915
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2239125 2239124
Blocks: 2238897
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Reported: 2023-09-14 07:58 UTC by ybuenos
Modified: 2023-09-26 06:03 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: PMIx 4.2.6, PMIx 5.0.1
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OpenPMIx PMIx is vulnerable to a race condition during execution of library code with UID 0, which allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files.
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Description ybuenos 2023-09-14 07:58:40 UTC 
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.

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
Comment 3 Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-09-15 11:21:24 UTC 
Created pmix tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2239125]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2239124]
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