CVE-2018-1122
Published: 17 May 2018
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top. If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could achieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.0
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
procps Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(3.3.15)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1)
|
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3)
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/commit/b45c4803dd176f4e3f9d3d47421ddec9bbbe66cd |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | [PATCH 097/117] top: Do not default to the cwd in configs_read(). |
| leosilva | for precise/esm code request a POC test, and a huge backport. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1122
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3658-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3658-3
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian