#VU12977 Integer overflow in procps - CVE-2018-1124
Published: May 22, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12977
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1124
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
procps
procps
Software vendor:
procps-ng
procps-ng
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to integer overflow in libprocps's file2strvec() function. A local attacker can execute a vulnerable utility (pgrep, pidof, pkill, and w are vulnerable by default; other utilities are vulnerable if executed with non-default options) and gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to integer overflow in libprocps's file2strvec() function. A local attacker can execute a vulnerable utility (pgrep, pidof, pkill, and w are vulnerable by default; other utilities are vulnerable if executed with non-default options) and gain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Update to version 3.3.15.