{"id":"USN-3658-1","summary":"procps vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that the procps-ng top utility incorrectly read its\nconfiguration file from the current working directory. A local attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-1122)\n\nIt was discovered that the procps-ng ps tool incorrectly handled memory. A\nlocal user could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-1123)\n\nIt was discovered that libprocps incorrectly handled the file2strvec()\nfunction. A local attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2018-1124)\n\nIt was discovered that the procps-ng pgrep utility incorrectly handled\nmemory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause de denial\nof service. (CVE-2018-1125)\n\nIt was discovered that procps-ng incorrectly handled memory. A local\nattacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1126)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:46:16.687862Z","published":"2018-05-23T14:38:30Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1122","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1123","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1124","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1125","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1126"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-1122","CVE-2018-1123","CVE-2018-1124","CVE-2018-1125","CVE-2018-1126","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1122","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1123","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1124","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1125","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1126"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3658-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1122"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1123"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1124"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1125"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1126"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"procps","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/procps@1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3"}]}],"versions":["1:3.3.3-2ubuntu7","1:3.3.3-2ubuntu8","1:3.3.8-2ubuntu1","1:3.3.8-2ubuntu3","1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2","1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.1","1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3","binary_name":"libprocps3"},{"binary_version":"1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3","binary_name":"procps"}],"availability":"No 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