K16124204 : procps-ng vulnerability CVE-2018-1124

Security Advisory Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users. (CVE-2018-1124)

Impact

A local attacker can perform privilege escalation and cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or run malicious code.