SB2020041619 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for procps-ng
Published: April 16, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020041619
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1122)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to top reads its configuration file from the current working directory, without any security check, if the HOME environment variable is unset or empty. A local attacker can exploit one of several vulnerabilities in top's config_file() function, execute top in /tmp (for example) and gain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.