CVE-2018-1121

Low

Description

procps-ng, procps is vulnerable to a process hiding through race condition. Since the kernel's proc_pid_readdir() returns PID entries in ascending numeric order, a process occupying a high PID can use inotify events to determine when the process list is being scanned, and fork/exec to obtain a lower PID, thus avoiding enumeration. An unprivileged attacker can hide a process from procps-ng's utilities by exploiting a race condition in reading /proc/PID entries. This vulnerability affects procps and procps-ng up to version 3.3.15, newer versions might be affected also.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.9
Exploit probability—
ProductProcps
PublishedJun 13, 2018
First seenJun 13, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-367CWE-367

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
procps_project procpsv ≤ 3.3.15—

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