SB2019073006 - Red Hat update for procps-ng
Published: July 30, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019073006
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
3
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1124)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to integer overflow in libprocps's file2strvec() function. A local attacker can execute a vulnerable utility (pgrep, pidof, pkill, and w are vulnerable by default; other utilities are vulnerable if executed with non-default options) and gain elevated privileges.
2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11260)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to flaws in the Qualcomm component. A remote attacker can bypass user interaction requirements and gain elevated privileges.
3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1126)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper bounds checking. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.