Race condition in procps - CVE-2018-1121
Published: May 22, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12974
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1121
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: procps-ng
Affected software:
procps
procps
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a race condition inherent in reading /proc/PID entries. A remote attacker can hide a process from procps-ng's utilities and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to a race condition inherent in reading /proc/PID entries. A remote attacker can hide a process from procps-ng's utilities and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1121
Update to version 3.3.15.