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GLSA-202506-12 : sysstat: Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 238469

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202506-12 (sysstat: Arbitrary Code Execution)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in sysstat. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. This CVE improves on an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All sysstat users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-admin/sysstat-12.6.2-r1

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202506-12

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=907121

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238469

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202506-12.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/15/2025

Updated: 6/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sysstat

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33204