CVE-2018-1124
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2018-07-30 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integeroverflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.
See more information about CVE-2018-1124 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.6 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (procps) | ELSA-2018-1777 | 2018-05-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (procps-ng) | ELSA-2018-1700 | 2018-05-23 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (procps) | OVMSA-2018-0226 | 2018-05-31 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (procps) | OVMSA-2018-0226 | 2018-05-31 |
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