CVE-2018-1123

NameCVE-2018-1123
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).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1390-1, DSA-4208-1
Debian Bugs899170

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
procps (PTS)buster2:3.3.15-2fixed
bullseye2:3.3.17-5fixed
bookworm2:4.0.2-3fixed
sid, trixie2:4.0.4-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
procpssourcewheezy1:3.3.3-3+deb7u1DLA-1390-1
procpssourcejessie2:3.3.9-9+deb8u1DSA-4208-1
procpssourcestretch2:3.3.12-3+deb9u1DSA-4208-1
procpssource(unstable)2:3.3.15-1899170

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/17/1
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
Patch: 0054-ps-output.c-Fix-outbuf-overflows-in-pr_args-etc.patch
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/commit/136e3724952827bbae8887a42d9d2b6f658a48ab

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