USN-4242-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 January 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Sysstat.


Packages

  • 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)

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)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.10 eoan sysstat –  12.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
19.04 disco sysstat –  12.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic sysstat –  11.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial sysstat –  11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3

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