=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6145-1
June 07, 2023

sysstat vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Sysstat could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted data.

Software Description:
- 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 LTS:
   sysstat                         12.5.2-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   sysstat                         12.2.0-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   sysstat                         11.6.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   sysstat                         11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   sysstat                         10.2.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6145-1
   CVE-2022-39377, CVE-2023-33204

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysstat/12.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysstat/12.5.6-1ubuntu0.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysstat/12.5.2-2ubuntu0.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysstat/12.2.0-2ubuntu0.3