Race condition in procps - CVE-2018-1121

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12974

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1121

CWE-ID: CWE-362

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

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.

procps
Gentoo Linux
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

Update to version 3.3.15.

Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - update to 21.0.7

• Exploit #6363 - Procps-ng - Multiple Vulnerabilities (June 17, 2021)

• https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt

• Multiple vulnerabilities in procps
• Gentoo update for procps
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak