Security update for sysstat

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0806-1
Rating: low
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-19416 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-19416 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-19517 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-19517 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Server Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sysstat fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-19416: Fixed out-of-bounds read during a memmove call inside the remap_struct function (bsc#1117001).
  • CVE-2018-19517: Fixed out-of-bounds read during a memset call inside the remap_struct function (bsc#1117260).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-806=1
  • Server Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2019-806=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sysstat-debuginfo-12.0.2-3.6.12
    • sysstat-12.0.2-3.6.12
    • sysstat-debugsource-12.0.2-3.6.12
  • Server Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sysstat-isag-12.0.2-3.6.12
    • sysstat-debuginfo-12.0.2-3.6.12
    • sysstat-debugsource-12.0.2-3.6.12

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