This update for procps fixes the following issues:
procps was updated to 3.3.15. (bsc#1092100)
Following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-1122: Prevent local privilege escalation in top. If a user ran
top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker
could have achieved privilege escalation by exploiting one of several
vulnerabilities in the config_file() function (bsc#1092100).
- CVE-2018-1123: Prevent denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow.
Inbuilt protection in ps maped 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) (bsc#1092100).
- CVE-2018-1124: Prevent multiple integer overflows leading to a heap
corruption in file2strvec function. This allowed a privilege escalation
for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting
processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary...
Read the Full AdvisoryPatch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2376=1
- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):
libprocps7-3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
libprocps7-debuginfo-3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
procps-3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
procps-debuginfo-3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
procps-debugsource-3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
procps-devel-3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1122.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1123.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1124.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1125.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1126.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092100
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121753
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