Out-of-bounds Write Affecting procps package, versions <2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (9th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-PROCPS-5816669
- published 3 Aug 2023
- disclosed 2 Aug 2023
Introduced: 2 Aug 2023
CVE-2023-4016 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
procps
to version 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1 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:16.04
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.