Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in procps, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected Packages
Package sys-process/procps on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.3.15-r1
Unaffected versions >= 3.3.15-r1

Background

A bunch of small useful utilities that give information about processes using the /proc filesystem.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in procps. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

References

CVE-2018-1120
CVE-2018-1121
CVE-2018-1122
CVE-2018-1123
CVE-2018-1124