Bug 2208270 (CVE-2023-33204)

Summary: CVE-2023-33204 sysstat: check_overflow() function can work incorrectly that lead to an overflow
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sandipan Roy <saroy>
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A vulnerability was found in sysstat. This security flaw happens because it allows a multiplication integer overflow in check_overflow in common.c. This issue exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377.
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Bug Depends On: 2208274, 2208275, 2208271, 2208272    
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Description Sandipan Roy 2023-05-18 12:52:36 UTC
sysstat through 12.7.2 allows a multiplication integer overflow in check_overflow in common.c. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377.

https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/pull/360

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2023-05-18 12:54:00 UTC
Created sysstat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2208271]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2208272]