This update for procps fixes the following issues:
* Integer overflow due to incomplete fix for CVE-2023-4016 can lead to
segmentation fault in ps command when pid argument has a leading space
(bsc#1236842, bsc#1214290).
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE 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 15.6
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-741=1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-741=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch...
Read the Full Advisory* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* procps-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debugsource-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debuginfo-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* libprocps8-debuginfo-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-devel-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* libprocps8-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
* procps-lang-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
* procps-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debugsource-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debuginfo-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* libprocps8-debuginfo-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* libprocps8-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
* procps-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debugsource-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debuginfo-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* libprocps8-debuginfo-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* libprocps8-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
* procps-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
* procps-debugsource-3.3.17-150000.7.42.1
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1214290
* bsc#1236842
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4016.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214290
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236842
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