VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-4016
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.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- procps project/procps · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com
References
- https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procpsProduct
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUETRRT24OFGPYK6ACPM5VUGHNKH5CQ5/Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procpsProduct
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUETRRT24OFGPYK6ACPM5VUGHNKH5CQ5/Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.