Out-of-bounds Write Affecting procps package, versions <1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PROCPS-309317
  • published23 May 2018
  • disclosed23 May 2018

Introduced: 23 May 2018

CVE-2018-1125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 procps to version 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream procps package and not the procps package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep. This vulnerability is mitigated by FORTIFY, as it involves strncat() to a stack-allocated string. When pgrep is compiled with FORTIFY (as on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora), the impact is limited to a crash.

CVSS Scores

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