Denial of Service Vulnerability in procps-ng's ps via mmap Buffer Overflow

CVE-2018-1123 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).

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