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RockyLinux 9 : pmix (RLSA-2024:2199)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235567

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2199 advisory.

 * pmix: race condition allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files (CVE-2023-41915)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2199

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238898

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235567

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-2199.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous 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:rocky:linux:pmix-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-pmi-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-pmi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-pmi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pmix

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41915