USN-5748-1: Sysstat vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• sysstat - system performance tools for Linux

Details

It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic
multiplications. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10

• isag - 12.5.6-1ubuntu0.1
• sysstat - 12.5.6-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• isag - 12.5.2-2ubuntu0.1
• sysstat - 12.5.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• isag - 12.2.0-2ubuntu0.2
• sysstat - 12.2.0-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• isag - 11.6.1-1ubuntu0.2
• sysstat - 11.6.1-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-39377

Related notices

• USN-5735-1: sysstat, isag
• USN-6145-1: sysstat, isag