SUSE SLES12 Security Update : sysstat (SUSE-SU-2020:0026-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 178281

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2020:0026-2 advisory.

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2019-19725: Fixed double free in check_file_actlst in sa_common.c (bsc#1159104).

Bug fixes:

- Enable log information of starting/stoping services. (bsc#1144923, jsc#SLE-5958)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sysstat and / or sysstat-isag packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 178281

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0026-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sysstat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sysstat-isag

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19725

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2020:0026-2

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