Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4242-1 Critical Sysstat Code Execution Threat

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January 20, 2020

Several security issues were fixed in Sysstat.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Sysstat.

Software Description:

- sysstat: system performance tools for Linux

Details:

It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute

arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10.

(CVE-2019-16167)

It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2019-19725)

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Ubuntu arbitrary code security issues sysstat input handling

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  sysstat                         12.0.6-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
  sysstat                         12.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  sysstat                         11.6.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  sysstat                         11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3

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