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USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

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: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6145-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: isag – 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 sysstat – 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-39377, CVE-2023-33204.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • cflinuxfs4
    • All versions prior to 1.17.0
  • Jammy Stemcells
    • 1.x versions prior to 1.147
    • All other stemcells not listed.
  • CF Deployment
    • All versions prior to 30.0.0, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

  • cflinuxfs4
    • Upgrade all versions to 1.17.0 or greater
  • Jammy Stemcells
    • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.147 or greater
    • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
  • CF Deployment
    • Upgrade all versions to 30.0.0 or greater and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater

History

2023-10-05: Initial vulnerability report published.

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