glsa-202211-07.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202211-07">
    <title>sysstat: Arbitrary Code Execution</title>
    <synopsis>An integer overflow vulnerability has been found in sysstat which could result in arbitrary code execution.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">sysstat</product>
    <announced>2022-11-22</announced>
    <revised count="2">2023-05-29</revised>
    <bug>880543</bug>
    <access>local</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="app-admin/sysstat" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">12.6.2-r1</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">12.6.2-r1</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>sysstat is a package containing a number of performance monitoring utilities for Linux, including sar, mpstat, iostat and sa tools.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>On 32 bit systems, an integer overflow can be triggered when displaying activity data files.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>Arbitrary code execution can be achieved via sufficiently crafted malicious input.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All sysstat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sysstat-12.6.2-r1"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39377">CVE-2022-39377</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2022-11-22T03:51:28.943709Z">ajak</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2022-11-22T03:51:28.948154Z">ajak</metadata>
</glsa>