| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1390-1, DSA-4208-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 899170 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| procps (PTS) | buster | 2:3.3.15-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:3.3.17-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:4.0.2-3 | fixed |
| trixie | 2:4.0.3-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2:4.0.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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: 0097-top-Do-not-default-to-the-cwd-in-configs_read.patch
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/commit/b45c4803dd176f4e3f9d3d47421ddec9bbbe66cd