| Name | CVE-2018-1122 |
| Description | procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top. If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could achieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1390-1, DSA-4208-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 899170 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| procps (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 2:3.3.9-9+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch | 2:3.3.12-3+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2:3.3.15-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| procps | source | (unstable) | 2:3.3.15-1 | medium | 899170 | |
| procps | source | jessie | 2:3.3.9-9+deb8u1 | medium | DSA-4208-1 | |
| procps | source | stretch | 2:3.3.12-3+deb9u1 | medium | DSA-4208-1 | |
| procps | source | wheezy | 1:3.3.3-3+deb7u1 | medium | DLA-1390-1 |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/17/1
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
Patch: 0097-top-Do-not-default-to-the-cwd-in-configs_read.patch
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/commit/b45c4803dd176f4e3f9d3d47421ddec9bbbe66cd