USN-6477-1: procps-ng vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

Severity

Low

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
• Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that the procps-ng ps tool incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause procps-ng to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-6477-1 to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libprocps4-dev – 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1 libprocps4 – 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1 procps – 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-4016.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 30.0.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 30.0.0 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2023-4016

History

2023-12-04: Initial vulnerability report published.