CVE-2018-1123

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1123
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-23 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
Descriptionprocps-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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Procps-ng Project Procps-ng All All All All
Application Procps-ng Project Procps-ng All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2376-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt MISC www.qualys.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4208-1 procps DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Procps-ng Procps Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1390-1] procps security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
USN-3658-3: procps-ng vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Qualys Security Advisory - Procps-ng Audit Report MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Procps-ng - Multiple Vulnerabilities - Linux local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3658-1: procps-ng vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
procps: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201805-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1575474 – CVE-2018-1123 procps-ng, procps: denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2379-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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