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Gentoo: GLSA-202211-07 Normal: sysstat Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo SSL Notification GLSA 202311-12: Address memory corruption vulnerability in netstat to avert unauthorized command execution.
An integer overflow vulnerability has been found in sysstat which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

On 32 bit systems, an integer overflow can be triggered when displaying activity data files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution threat integer overflow sysstat normal severity

Resolution

All sysstat users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sysstat-12.7.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-39377 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39377

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-07
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: sysstat: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date: November 22, 2022
Bugs: #880543
ID: 202211-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution threat integer overflow sysstat normal severity

Synopsis

An integer overflow vulnerability has been found in sysstat which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

sysstat is a package containing a number of performance monitoring utilities for Linux, including sar, mpstat, iostat and sa tools.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/sysstat < 12.7.1 >= 12.7.1

Impact

===== Arbitrary code execution can be achieved via sufficiently crafted malicious input.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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