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USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities


Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

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. This issue was only fixed for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39377) It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic multiplications in 64-bit systems, as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-33204) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6145-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: isag - 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 sysstat - 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-39377, CVE-2023-33204

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.36, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.21, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.5, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.59
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.12+LTS-T
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.42, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.24, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.5, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.36, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
    • 2.13.21, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
    • 3.0.14, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater
    • 4.0.5, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.59
    • 3.0.12+LTS-T
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.42, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
    • 2.13.24, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
    • 3.0.14, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater
    • 4.0.5, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater

References

History

2023-08-02: Initial vulnerability report published.