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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : pmix (SUSE-SU-2023:3859-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182179

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3859-1 advisory.

 - 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. (CVE-2023-41915)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215190

http://www.nessus.org/u?34f918a8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41915

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182179

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3859-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2023

Updated: 9/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix-headers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmix2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix-test, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix-plugin-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmca_common_dstore1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix-mca-params, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pmix-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41915

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3859-1