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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2022.6107
USN-5735-1: Sysstat vulnerability
23 November 2022
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Sysstat
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-39377
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5735-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.8 CVE-2022-39377 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: NVD
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-5735-1: Sysstat vulnerability
22 November 2022
Sysstat could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
processed specially crafted input.
Releases
o Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Packages
o sysstat - system performance tools for Linux
Details
It was discovered that Sysstat did not properly check bounds
when perfoming certain arithmetic operations on 32 bit systems.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
arbitrary code execution.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
o sysstat - 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2022-39377
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