procps-ng/procps
CVE History
| CVE | Affected | Published | CVSS v3 | CVSS v2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 3.3.0, <= 4.0.3 | 2.5 LOW | — | ||
Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap. | ||||
| <= 3.3.15 | — | 4.3 MEDIUM | ||
procps-ng, procps is vulnerable to a process hiding through race condition. Since the kernel's proc_pid_readdir() returns PID entries in ascending numeric order, a process occupying a high PID can use inotify events to determine when the process list is being scanned, and fork/exec to obtain a lower PID, thus avoiding enumeration. An unprivileged attacker can hide a process from procps-ng's utilities by exploiting a race condition in reading /proc/PID entries. This vulnerability affects procps and procps-ng up to version 3.3.15, newer versions might be affected also. | ||||