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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SYSSTAT-3869366
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Aug 2019

Introduced: 3 Aug 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 sysstat to version 0:11.7.3-5.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 Scores

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