Security update for procps

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0725-1
Release Date: 2025-02-26T13:36:47Z
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-4016 ( SUSE ): 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2023-4016 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for procps fixes the following issues:

  • Integer overflow due to incomplete fix for CVE-2023-4016 can lead to segmentation fault in ps command when pid argument has a leading space (bsc#1236842, bsc#1214290).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-725=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-725=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • procps-devel-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • libprocps3-debuginfo-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • procps-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • procps-debugsource-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • libprocps3-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • procps-debuginfo-3.3.9-11.33.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • procps-devel-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • libprocps3-debuginfo-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • procps-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • procps-debugsource-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • libprocps3-3.3.9-11.33.1
    • procps-debuginfo-3.3.9-11.33.1

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