DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4016

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4016
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4016.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4016
Upstream
Published
2023-08-02T05:15:09Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:16:08.846099Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / procps

Package

Name
procps
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/procps?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.3.17-5
2:3.3.17-6
2:3.3.17-6+hurd.1
2:3.3.17-7
2:3.3.17-7.1

2:4.*

2:4.0.0-1
2:4.0.1~rc3-1
2:4.0.1-1
2:4.0.2-1
2:4.0.2-2
2:4.0.2-3
2:4.0.3-1
2:4.0.3-1+loong64
2:4.0.4-1
2:4.0.4-2
2:4.0.4-3
2:4.0.4-4
2:4.0.4-5
2:4.0.4-6
2:4.0.4-7
2:4.0.4-8
2:4.0.4-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / procps

Package

Name
procps
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/procps?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:4.*

2:4.0.2-3
2:4.0.3-1
2:4.0.3-1+loong64
2:4.0.4-1
2:4.0.4-2
2:4.0.4-3
2:4.0.4-4
2:4.0.4-5
2:4.0.4-6
2:4.0.4-7
2:4.0.4-8
2:4.0.4-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / procps

Package

Name
procps
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/procps?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:4.0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / procps

Package

Name
procps
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/procps?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:4.0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}