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Low ALSA-2023:6705 1 CVE

Low: procps-ng security and bug fix update

Published Nov 7, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

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

ReleasePackageFixed 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

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4016
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2228494
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6705.html