CVE-2025-31160
Atop Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 26, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 7, 2025, 1:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.4
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CVE-2025-31160.
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The Register
Panic averted: It was just a bug in Atop after all
Rachel Kroll has clarified the Atop alarm: Turns out it was just a weird little bug, and it's probably already been fixed. The veteran sysadmin, industry observer, and commentator, who blogs as rachel ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-31160 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Apr. 07, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00013.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 31, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://blog.bismuth.sh/blog/bismuth-found-the-atop-bug -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mar. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/29/1 -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mar. 27, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/1 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/2 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/3 -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mar. 27, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/3 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-617 Added Reference https://github.com/Atoptool/atop Added Reference https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057 Added Reference https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485980 Added Reference https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-31160 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-31160
weaknesses.