Out-of-bounds Read Affecting sysstat package, versions <12.0.3-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SYSSTAT-273690
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed24 Nov 2018

Introduced: 24 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 sysstat to version 12.0.3-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sysstat package and not the sysstat package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memset call, as demonstrated by sadf.