Source: sysstat
Version: 12.0.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/issues/196

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for sysstat.

CVE-2018-19416[0]:
| An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in
| sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memmove call, as
| demonstrated by sadf.

The poc to verify a fix (base64 encoded here):

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If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19416
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19416
[1] https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/issues/196
[2] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117001

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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