Updated sysstat packages fix security vulnerability
Publication date: 18 Nov 2022Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2022-39377
Description
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). (CVE-2022-39377)
References
SRPMS
8/core
- sysstat-12.5.2-1.1.mga8