Out-of-bounds Write Affecting procps-ng package, versions [,3.3.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.9% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PROCPSNG-2380358
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 May 2018

CVE-2018-1124  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade procps-ng to version 3.3.15 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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