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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : PMIx vulnerability (USN-6434-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183308

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6434-1 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6434-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183308

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6434-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2023

Updated: 10/18/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi1-pmix, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pmix, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmix-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi2-pmix, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmix-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi-pmix-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmix2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41915

USN: 6434-1