USN-4242-1

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    USN-4242-1

    Published: 20 Jan 2020Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: sysstat vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-16167) It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-19725)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4242-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16167, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19725

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sysstat

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -11.2.0-1ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    11.1.5-1
    11.1.7-1
    11.1.8-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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