Executive Summary



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Summary
Title procps-ng vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3658-1 First vendor Publication 2018-05-23
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-05-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in procps-ng.

Software Description: - procps: /proc file system utilities

Details:

It was discovered that the procps-ng top utility incorrectly read its configuration file from the current working directory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-1122)

It was discovered that the procps-ng ps tool incorrectly handled memory. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1123)

It was discovered that libprocps incorrectly handled the file2strvec() function. A local attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1124)

It was discovered that the procps-ng pgrep utility incorrectly handled memory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause de denial of service. (CVE-2018-1125)

It was discovered that procps-ng incorrectly handled memory. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1126)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libprocps6 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1
procps 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
libprocps6 2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2.1
procps 2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libprocps4 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4
procps 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libprocps3 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3
procps 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3658-1
CVE-2018-1122, CVE-2018-1123, CVE-2018-1124, CVE-2018-1125,
CVE-2018-1126

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3658-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
40 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
40 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)
20 % CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Os 5
Os 3
Os 2
Os 3
Os 2
Os 3
Os 1
Os 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-10 Name : The remote device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : juniper_space_jsa10917_184R1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-bba8fed5ab.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-26 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1340.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-26 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1326.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-18 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1274.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-21 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0084.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-10 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1230.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-07-03 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-07-03 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1199.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-12 Name : The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.
File : al2_ALAS-2018-1031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1390.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-04 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-1777.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-31 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201805-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-30 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-1700.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-25 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-de5de06754.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-23 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2018-142-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4208.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-08-17 17:21:32
  • Multiple Updates
2018-06-22 17:21:15
  • Multiple Updates
2018-06-07 09:21:19
  • Multiple Updates
2018-05-23 21:21:31
  • Multiple Updates
2018-05-23 21:19:02
  • First insertion