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openSUSE 15.5: 2023:3859-1 Moderate: pmix User-Linked Chown Threat

This update for pmix fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-41915: Fixed a potential vulnerability where a `chown` may follow a user-created link (bsc#1215190).. # Security update for pmix Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3859-1 Rating: moderate References: * #1215190 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-41915 CVSS scores: * CVE-2023-41915 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L * CVE-2023-41915 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected Products: * HPC Module 15-SP4 * HPC Module 15-SP5 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed. ## Description: This update for pmix fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-41915: Fixed a potential vulnerability where a `chown` may follow a user-created link (bsc#1215190). * Install pmix-plugin-munge if munge is installed. ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3859=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3859=1 * HPC Module 15-SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP4-2023-3859=1 * HPC Module 15-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP5-2023-3859=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libpmix2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 *libpmix2-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch) * pmix-headers-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-mca-params-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libpmix2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libpmix2-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch) * pmix-headers-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-mca-params-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * HPC Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64) * libpmix2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libpmix2-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * HPC Module 15-SP4 (noarch) * pmix-headers-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-mca-params-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * HPC Module 15-SP4 (x86_64) * pmix-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * HPC Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 x86_64) * libpmix2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 *pmix-test-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugins-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-plugin-munge-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-test-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libpmix2-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * libmca_common_dstore1-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * HPC Module 15-SP5 (noarch) * pmix-headers-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * pmix-mca-params-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 * HPC Module 15-SP5 (x86_64) * pmix-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.8.1 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41915.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215190 . The latest pmix update tackles a potential vulnerability concerning user-generated links, reinforcing overall security measures.. openSUSE Update, pmix Security, Patching, Threat Mitigation, Linux Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 28, 2023 OpenSUSE