CVE-2018-1125
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CVE-2018-1125 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep. This vulnerability is mitigated by FORTIFY, as it involves strncat() to a stack-allocated string. EPSS estimates a 2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep. This vulnerability is mitigated by FORTIFY, as it involves strncat() to a stack-allocated string. When pgrep is compiled with FORTIFY (as on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora), the impact is limited to a crash.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Procps-Ng Project | Procps-Ng | < 3.3.15 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 17.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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