USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 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. This issue was only fixed for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39377)

It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic
multiplications in 64-bit systems, as a result of an incomplete fix for
CVE-2022-39377. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2023-33204)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• sysstat - 12.6.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.10

• sysstat - 12.5.6-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04

• sysstat - 12.5.2-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04

• sysstat - 12.2.0-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04

• sysstat - 11.6.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• sysstat - 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• sysstat - 10.2.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2023-33204
• CVE-2022-39377

Related notices

• USN-5735-1: isag, sysstat
• USN-5748-1: isag, sysstat