Debian DSA-5547-1 : pmix - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 184434

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5547 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

Upgrade the pmix packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.2-1+deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184434

File Name: debian_DSA-5547.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2023

Updated: 11/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmix2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmix-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pmix, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmix-bin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41915

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