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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1125

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). 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 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 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.93% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-787
Affected
procps-ng project/procps-ng · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.