ALAS2-2023-1925


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1925
Advisory Release Date: 2023-01-30 16:02 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-02-04 18:28 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

sysstat is a set of system performance tools for the Linux operating system. On 32 bit systems, in versions 9.1.16 and newer but prior to 12.7.1, allocate_structures contains a size_t overflow in sa_common.c. The allocate_structures function insufficiently checks bounds before arithmetic multiplication, allowing for an overflow in the size allocated for the buffer representing system activities. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE). This issue has been patched in version 12.7.1. (CVE-2022-39377)


Affected Packages:

sysstat


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update sysstat to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    sysstat-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    sysstat-debuginfo-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

i686:
    sysstat-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.i686
    sysstat-debuginfo-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.i686

src:
    sysstat-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.src

x86_64:
    sysstat-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    sysstat-debuginfo-10.1.5-18.amzn2.0.2.x86_64