Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep. This vulnerability is mitigated by FORTIFY, as it involves strncat() to a stack-allocated string. When pgrep is compiled with FORTIFY (as on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora), the impact is limited to a crash.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1125
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-121
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
opensuse/leap
15.1
procps-ng_project/procps-ng
< 3.3.15
Published
May 23, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026