Executive Summary



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Summary
Title procps-ng vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3658-3 First vendor Publication 2018-08-16
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-08-16
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:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 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 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in procps-ng.

Software Description: - procps: /proc file system utilities

Details:

USN-3658-1 fixed a vulnerability in procps-ng. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

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

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

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

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: ﾃつ procpsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.6

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

References: ﾃつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3658-3 ﾃつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3658-1 ﾃつ CVE-2018-1122, CVE-2018-1123, CVE-2018-1125

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3658-3

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 5
Os 3
Os 1

Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-10-26 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1326.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-26 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1340.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
2018-06-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1390.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
2018-05-23 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
2018-08-16 21:18:43
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