USN-6477-1: procps-ng vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.10
• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• procps - /proc file system utilities

Details

It was discovered that the procps-ng ps tool incorrectly handled memory.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause procps-ng to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10

• procps - 2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.10.1

Ubuntu 23.04

• procps - 2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• procps - 2:3.3.17-6ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• procps - 2:3.3.16-1ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 18.04

• procps - 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.2+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• procps - 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2023-4016