USN-3664-1 apport vulnerability

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps when certain files are missing from /proc. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, gain root privileges, or escape from containers...

kernel: Off-by-one error in selinux_setprocattr (/proc/self/attr/fscreate)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files. An empty null write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory...

USN-2876-1 ecryptfs-utils vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that mount.ecryptfsprivate would mount over certain directories in the proc filesystem. A local attacker could use this to escalate their privileges. CVE-2016-1572...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572

mount.ecryptfsprivate.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid...

sudo: bypass of tty_tickets constraints

sudo 1.3.5 through 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p6, when running on systems without /proc or the sysctl function with the ttytickets option enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the authorization of another...

kernel: no access restrictions of /proc/pid/* after setuid program exec

The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lsee...

CVE-2009-0477

Technical details for CVE-2009-0477 are not publicly available in the provided documents. Monitor for updates from official sources for affected versions, impact, and remediation.

Debian DSA-1111-2 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - race condition

It was discovered that a race condition in the process filesystem can lead to privilege escalation. The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture fixes the problem mentioned above : Debian 3.1 sarge Source 2.6.8-16sarge4 Alpha architecture 2.6.8-16sarge4 AMD64...

security flaw

Insecure permissions for the /proc/scsi/qla2300/HbaApiNode file in Linux allows local users to cause a denial of service...

Linux Virtual Server procfs DoS

Virtual machine users can change /proc permissions...

Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-01:55 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: procfs vulnerability leaks setugid process memory Category: core Module: procfs Announced: 2001-08-21 Credits: Joost Pol...

Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:77 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: Several vulnerabilities in procfs Category: core Module: procfs Announced: 2000-12-18 Affects: Problem 1: FreeBSD 4.x prior to t...