CVE-2023-41915
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (23)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0995Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (34)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-41915/cnnvd
- https://docs.openpmix.org/en/latest/security.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/releases/tag/v4.2.6cnnvd
- https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix/releases/tag/v5.0.1cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00048.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFKIY6SNC3KQNZMVROWMIW6DI5XPNKQX/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYJ7IRNR6NHJMTNOV3E3W3D5MLDRDCJX/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YDLWSMQYXF2ZGOQKCG26H6ZZA5FEH7HX/cnnvd
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