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.

A CVE has been assigned for a denial of service flaw in atop that has been connected to a blog post warning from a reputable sysadmin. We are monitoring for more intel.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1691 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2025-31160)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0628 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-31160:
    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-31160)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202505-09 (Atop: Heap Corruption)

    A vulnerability has been discovered in Atop. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for     details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2025-31160)

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4117 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4117-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/             Carlos Henrique Lima Melara     April 06, 2025                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : atop     Version        : 2.6.0-2+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-31160

    It was discovered that Atop, a monitor tool for system resources and     process activity, always tried to connect to the port of atopgpud     (an additional daemon gathering GPU statistics not shipped in Debian)     while performing insufficient sanitising of the data read from this     port.

    With this update, additional validation is added and by default atop     no longer tries to connect to the atopgpud daemon port unless explicitly     enabled via -k.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2.6.0-2+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your atop packages.

    For the detailed security status of atop please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/atop

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5892 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5892-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     April 03, 2025                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : atop     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-31160

    It was discovered that Atop, a monitor tool for system resources and     process activity, always tried to connect to the port of atopgpud     (an additional daemon gathering GPU statistics not shipped in Debian)     while performing insufficient sanitising of the data read from this     port.

    With this update, additional validation is added and by default atop     no longer tries to connect to the atopgpud daemon port unless explicitly     enabled via -k.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 2.8.1-1+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your atop packages.

    For the detailed security status of atop please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/atop

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
313518	Amazon Linux 2023 : atop (ALAS2023-2026-1691)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	low
258070	TencentOS Server 4: atop (TSSA-2025:0628)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	low
256798	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-31160	Nessus	Misc.	low
236408	GLSA-202505-09 : Atop: Heap Corruption	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	low
235081	Atop 2.4.x < 2.11.1 DoS (CVE-2025-31160)	Nessus	Misc.	low
424798	Alpine: multiple atop packages: security update to 2.11.1-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
424798	Alpine: multiple atop packages: security update to 2.11.1-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
233951	Debian dla-4117 : atop - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	low
233828	Debian dsa-5892 : atop - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	low

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