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CVE-2025-31160

low

Description

atop through 2.11.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure and application exit) or possibly have unspecified other impact by running certain types of unprivileged processes while a different user runs atop.

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q1/258

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q1/247

https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485980

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00013.html

https://github.com/Atoptool/atop

https://blog.bismuth.sh/blog/bismuth-found-the-atop-bug

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/29/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-26

Updated: 2025-04-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00015

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability Being Monitored