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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade procps | May 24, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade procps-ng | Jul 23, 2018 | May 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade procps-ng | Aug 10, 2018 | May 23, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 23, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade procpsUpgrade libprocps3Upgrade procps-develUpgrade libprocps7 | Jun 29, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libprocps3Upgrade libprocps4Upgrade procpsUpgrade libprocps6 | Jun 1, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | May 23, 2018 |
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