Summary
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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | procps-ng | 3.3.17-13.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | procps-ng-devel | 3.3.17-13.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | procps-ng-i18n | 3.3.17-13.el9 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Low 2.5
Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability …