Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting procps-ng package, versions <0:3.3.10-17.el7_5.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PROCPSNG-1485219
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 May 2018

Introduced: 17 May 2018

CVE-2018-1126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 procps-ng to version 0:3.3.10-17.el7_5.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1700.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream procps-ng package and not the procps-ng package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to an incorrect integer size in proc/alloc.* leading to truncation/integer overflow issues. This flaw is related to CVE-2018-1124.