Out-of-bounds Write Affecting procps-devel package, versions <3.3.15-150000.7.34.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-PROCPSDEVEL-5875521
  • published30 Aug 2023
  • disclosed29 Aug 2023

Introduced: 29 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4016  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 procps-devel to version 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream procps-devel package and not the procps-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1