ALSA-2024:3008

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-3008.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2024:3008.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2024:3008
Related
Published
2024-05-22T00:00:00Z
Modified
2024-05-29T14:39:53Z
Summary
Important: pmix security update
Details

The Process Management Interface (PMI) provides process management functions for MPI implementations. PMI Exascale (PMIx) provides an extended version of the PMI standard specifically designed to support clusters up to and including exascale sizes.

Security Fix(es):

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

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / pmix

Package

Name
pmix

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.5-3.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / pmix-devel

Package

Name
pmix-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.5-3.el8