[Cucumber-linux-security] procps-ng (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for procps-ng for the following versions
of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Wed May 23 09:47:31 EDT 2018
base/procps-ng rebuilt (build 3) to fix CVE-2018-1122, a difficult to exploit
	security vulnerability that could result in a local privilege escalation
	if an administrator executes top in a directory containing a maliciously
	crafted .toprc file. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=403
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1122
		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/17/1
multilib/base/procps-ng-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 3, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-403 [CVE-2018-1122]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=403)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure procps-ng is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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