SB2023082179 - Fedora 37 update for sysstat



SB2023082179 - Fedora 37 update for sysstat

Published: August 21, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023082179
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33204)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the check_overflow() function in common.c. A remote attacker can trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU69196 (CVE-2022-39377).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.