usn-5748-1

USN-5748-1: Sysstat vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic multiplications. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5748-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: isag – 11.6.1-1ubuntu0.2 sysstat – 11.6.1-1ubuntu0.2 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-39377.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Bionic Stemcells

  • 1.x versions prior to 1.161
  • All other stemcells not listed.

• cflinuxfs3

  • All versions prior to 0.342.0

• Jammy Stemcells

  • 1.x versions prior to 1.55
  • All other stemcells not listed.

• CF Deployment

  • All versions prior to 24.0.0, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.55 or Bionic Stemcells prior to 1.161

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• Bionic Stemcells

  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.161 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.

• cflinuxfs3

  • Upgrade all versions to 0.342.0 or greater

• Jammy Stemcells

  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.55 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.

• CF Deployment

  • Upgrade all versions to 24.0.0 or greater, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.55 or greater, and upgrade Bionic Stemcells to 1.161 or greater

History

2023-01-12: Initial vulnerability report published.