gsd-2018-1121
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
procps-ng, procps is vulnerable to a process hiding through race condition. Since the kernel's proc_pid_readdir() returns PID entries in ascending numeric order, a process occupying a high PID can use inotify events to determine when the process list is being scanned, and fork/exec to obtain a lower PID, thus avoiding enumeration. An unprivileged attacker can hide a process from procps-ng's utilities by exploiting a race condition in reading /proc/PID entries. This vulnerability affects procps and procps-ng up to version 3.3.15, newer versions might be affected also.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2018-1121


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    "alias": "CVE-2018-1121",
    "description": "procps-ng, procps is vulnerable to a process hiding through race condition. Since the kernel\u0027s proc_pid_readdir() returns PID entries in ascending numeric order, a process occupying a high PID can use inotify events to determine when the process list is being scanned, and fork/exec to obtain a lower PID, thus avoiding enumeration. An unprivileged attacker can hide a process from procps-ng\u0027s utilities by exploiting a race condition in reading /proc/PID entries. This vulnerability affects procps and procps-ng up to version 3.3.15, newer versions might be affected also.",
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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1121.html",
      "https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-1121",
      "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2018-1121"
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      "publishedDate": "2018-06-13T20:29Z"
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}


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