CVE-2023-4016

2023-08-0200:00:00

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cve-2023-4016; unfiltered data; process heap; "ps" utility; minor dos; memory consumption.

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%

JSON

Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run
the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited
amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap.

Bugs

Notes

Author	Note
	Priority reason: Minor DoS allowing a user to consume memory in an uncommon configuration
mdeslaur	A user having access to the “ps” utility can consume memory. Having users able to access ps and not consume memory in other ways is a pretty unrealistic scenario.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchprocps< 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.2+esm1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchprocps< 2:3.3.16-1ubuntu2.4UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchprocps< 2:3.3.17-6ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchprocps< 2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchprocps< 2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.10.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchprocps< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchprocps< 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.2+esm1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.16-1ubuntu2.4	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.17-6ubuntu2.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	procps	< 2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	procps	< 2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.10.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	procps	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1	UNKNOWN