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Ubuntu: 6434-1 Moderate: PMIx File Overwrite And Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in PMIx may allow for unintended file overwrites and potential escalation of privileges on Ubuntu platforms due to a race condition. Please ensure you update immediately.
PMIx could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: PMIx could be made to overwrite files. Software Description: - pmix: Process Management Interface (Exascale) library - tools Details: Francois Diakhate discovered that PMIx did not properly handle race conditions in the pmix library, which could lead to unwanted privilege escalation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain ownership of an arbitrary file on the filesystem, under the default configuration of the application.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpmix-bin 4.1.2-2ubuntu1+esm1 libpmix2 4.1.2-2ubuntu1+esm1 python3-pmix 4.1.2-2ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpmi1-pmix 3.1.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libpmi2-pmix 3.1.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libpmix2 3.1.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpmi1-pmix 2.1.1~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libpmi2-pmix 2.1.1~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libpmix2 2.1.1~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6434-1

CVE-2023-41915

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6434-1

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