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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-4016: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-4016: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/02/2023
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
06/11/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-procps
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-procps-ng

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