Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-1125 is a stack buffer overflow in pgrep from procps-ng before 3.3.15. The main documented business risk is availability loss: vulnerable systems can crash pgrep, and some platforms limit impact through FORTIFY protections. Patch through the operating system vendor rather than treating this as an application-only issue. Exposure is most likely on Linux systems carrying vulnerable procps or procps-ng packages before vendor security updates. Ubuntu, Debian, Debian LTS, and openSUSE advisories indicate distribution-level package impact. The bundle does not prove exposure for every Linux distribution. Treat this as a high-priority Linux package patching item, especially for shared or service-hosting systems. The likely impact is service disruption rather than confirmed data theft, but the bug is public and has vendor fixes. Mitigation focus: Upgrade procps or procps-ng using the affected system’s vendor security update channel.; Target procps-ng 3.3.15 or vendor-patched equivalent where applicable.; Prioritize systems where pgrep may process untrusted or externally influenced input..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1125CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-3658-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- DSA-4208CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180531 [SECURITY] [DLA 1390-1] procps security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-3658-3CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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