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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-1123): procps-ng vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-1123): procps-ng vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/22/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/01/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

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).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libprocps3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libprocps4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libprocps6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-procps

References

  • USN-3658-1
  • USN-3658-3
  • DSA-4208
  • CVE-2018-1123

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