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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7187-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7187-01 - An update for procps-ng is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.
The following data is constructed from data provided by Red Hat's json file at:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7187.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Low: procps-ng security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2023:7187-01Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7187Issue date: 2023-11-14Revision: 01CVE Names: CVE-2023-4016====================================================================Summary: An update for procps-ng is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The procps-ng packages contain a set of system utilities that provide system information, including ps, free, skill, pkill, pgrep, snice, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, watch, and pwdx.Security Fix(es):* procps: ps buffer overflow (CVE-2023-4016)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-4016References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#lowhttps://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.9_release_notes/indexhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228494Related news
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