USN-3658-1

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USN-3658-1

Summary: procps vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that the procps-ng top utility incorrectly read its configuration file from the current working directory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-1122) It was discovered that the procps-ng ps tool incorrectly handled memory. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1123) It was discovered that libprocps incorrectly handled the file2strvec() function. A local attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1124) It was discovered that the procps-ng pgrep utility incorrectly handled memory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause de denial of service. (CVE-2018-1125) It was discovered that procps-ng incorrectly handled memory. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1126)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3658-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1122, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1123, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1124, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1125, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1126