SB20230820258 - Fedora 38 update for sysstat
Published: August 20, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20230820258
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33204)
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.