Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting sysstat package, versions <0:11.7.3-5.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.53% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-SYSSTAT-2572894
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Sept 2019

Introduced: 9 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16167  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 sysstat to version 0:11.7.3-5.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4638.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sysstat package and not the sysstat package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

sysstat before 12.1.6 has memory corruption due to an Integer Overflow in remap_struct() in sa_common.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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