Low severity3.9NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1123
CVE-2018-1123
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).
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Affected products
24- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 3.3.15-lp150.5.3.1+ 22 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-lp150.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-7.7.26
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-7.7.26
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-152.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-152.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
14- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.htmlnvd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
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