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CVE-2023-4016 LOW

Published: 2023-08-02 | Last Modified: 2024-11-21 | Status: Modified

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 3.3 (LOW)

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

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactLOW

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 1.4

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-122
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-787

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
procps_project procps * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36945ce40> Application
fedoraproject fedora 38 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36945cb00> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:procps_project:procps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*