A pmix security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.4/15.5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4/5.

SUSE-SU-2023:3859-1: moderate: Security update for pmix

# 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