Low severity2.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-4016
CVE-2023-4016
Description
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.
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Affected products
42- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords38 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/procps-ngpkg:rpm/almalinux/procps-ng-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/procps-ng-i18npkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3
< 3.3.17-13.el9+ 37 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-13.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-13.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-13.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-150000.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
- Linux/Linux Kernalv5Range: 3.3.0 (might be earlier) - latest
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SUETRRT24OFGPYK6ACPM5VUGHNKH5CQ5/nvdMitigationThird Party Advisory
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