VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1123
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 9.08%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.08% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-119
- Affected
- procps-ng project/procps-ng · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1123Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1123Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.