Out-of-bounds Read Affecting sysstat package, versions <12.0.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.82% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-SYSSTAT-581251
  • 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 Ubuntu:19.10 sysstat to version 12.0.3-1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:19.10 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.