CVE-2018-1124

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1124
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-23T13:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-09-09T14:58:59
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.3.15
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:struxureware_data_center_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.6.0
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1124 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820 Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 Third Party Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1124
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1124
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:24:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:33:19 2018-05-23T13:29Z 2018-05-23T13:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:33:19 2020-09-09T14:58:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:33:19 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-03 06:33:19 CWE-190 Weakness Enumeration updated