Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-3852 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Sysstat

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
sysstat
CWE-264
nessus
NVD
Published: 2007-08-14
Updated: 2023-02-13

Summary

The init script (sysstat.in) in sysstat 5.1.2 up to 7.1.6 creates /tmp/sysstat.run insecurely, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Sysstat
21

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
  • Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
  • Blue Boxing
    This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
  • Restful Privilege Elevation
    Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
  • Target Programs with Elevated Privileges
    This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.

Nessus

  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2011-1005.NASL
    descriptionAn updated sysstat package that fixes one security issue, various bugs, and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The sysstat package contains a set of utilities which enable system monitoring of disks, network, and other I/O activity. It was found that the sysstat initscript created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2007-3852) This update fixes the following bugs : * On systems under heavy load, the sadc utility would sometimes output the following error message if a write() call was unable to write all of the requested input :
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id55644
    published2011-07-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/55644
    titleRHEL 5 : sysstat (RHSA-2011:1005)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1005. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(55644);
  script_version ("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3852");
  script_bugtraq_id(25380);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2011:1005");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 5 : sysstat (RHSA-2011:1005)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An updated sysstat package that fixes one security issue, various
bugs, and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.

The sysstat package contains a set of utilities which enable system
monitoring of disks, network, and other I/O activity.

It was found that the sysstat initscript created a temporary file in
an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to create
arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2007-3852)

This update fixes the following bugs :

* On systems under heavy load, the sadc utility would sometimes output
the following error message if a write() call was unable to write all
of the requested input :

'Cannot write data to system activity file: Success.'

In this updated package, the sadc utility tries to write the remaining
input, resolving this issue. (BZ#454617)

* On the Itanium architecture, the 'sar -I' command provided incorrect
information about the interrupt statistics of the system. With this
update, the 'sar -I' command has been disabled for this architecture,
preventing this bug. (BZ#468340)

* Previously, the 'iostat -n' command used invalid data to create
statistics for read and write operations. With this update, the data
source for these statistics has been fixed, and the iostat utility now
returns correct information. (BZ#484439)

* The 'sar -d' command used to output invalid data about block
devices. With this update, the sar utility recognizes disk
registration and disk overflow statistics properly, and only correct
and relevant data is now displayed. (BZ#517490)

* Previously, the sar utility set the maximum number of days to be
logged in one month too high. Consequently, data from a month was
appended to data from the preceding month. With this update, the
maximum number of days has been set to 25, and data from a month now
correctly replaces data from the preceding month. (BZ#578929)

* In previous versions of the iostat utility, the number of NFS mount
points was hard-coded. Consequently, various issues occurred while
iostat was running and NFS mount points were mounted or unmounted;
certain values in iostat reports overflowed and some mount points were
not reported at all. With this update, iostat properly recognizes when
an NFS mount point mounts or unmounts, fixing these issues.
(BZ#675058, BZ#706095, BZ#694767)

* When a device name was longer than 13 characters, the iostat utility
printed a redundant new line character, making its output less
readable. This bug has been fixed and now, no extra characters are
printed if a long device name occurs in iostat output. (BZ#604637)

* Previously, if kernel interrupt counters overflowed, the sar utility
provided confusing output. This bug has been fixed and the sum of
interrupts is now reported correctly. (BZ#622557)

* When some processors were disabled on a multi-processor system, the
sar utility sometimes failed to provide information about the CPU
activity. With this update, the uptime of a single processor is used
to compute the statistics, rather than the total uptime of all
processors, and this bug no longer occurs. (BZ#630559)

* Previously, the mpstat utility wrongly interpreted data about
processors in the system. Consequently, it reported a processor that
did not exist. This bug has been fixed and non-existent CPUs are no
longer reported by mpstat. (BZ#579409)

* Previously, there was no easy way to enable the collection of
statistics about disks and interrupts. Now, the SADC_OPTIONS variable
can be used to set parameters for the sadc utility, fixing this bug.
(BZ#598794)

* The read_uptime() function failed to close its open file upon exit.
A patch has been provided to fix this bug. (BZ#696672)

This update also adds the following enhancement :

* With this update, the cifsiostat utility has been added to the
sysstat package to provide CIFS (Common Internet File System) mount
point I/O statistics. (BZ#591530)

All sysstat users are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains backported patches to correct these issues and add this
enhancement."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3852"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1005"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected sysstat package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(264);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sysstat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/08/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/07/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2011:1005";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"sysstat-7.0.2-11.el5")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"sysstat-7.0.2-11.el5")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"sysstat-7.0.2-11.el5")) flag++;

  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sysstat");
  }
}
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20110721_SYSSTAT_ON_SL5_X.NASL
    descriptionThe sysstat package contains a set of utilities which enable system monitoring of disks, network, and other I/O activity. It was found that the sysstat initscript created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2007-3852) This update fixes the following bugs : - On systems under heavy load, the sadc utility would sometimes output the following error message if a write() call was unable to write all of the requested input :
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61095
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61095
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : sysstat on SL5.x i386/x86_64
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61095);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3852");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : sysstat on SL5.x i386/x86_64");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The sysstat package contains a set of utilities which enable system
monitoring of disks, network, and other I/O activity.

It was found that the sysstat initscript created a temporary file in
an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to create
arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2007-3852)

This update fixes the following bugs :

  - On systems under heavy load, the sadc utility would
    sometimes output the following error message if a
    write() call was unable to write all of the requested
    input :

'Cannot write data to system activity file: Success.'

In this updated package, the sadc utility tries to write the remaining
input, resolving this issue.

  - On the Itanium architecture, the 'sar -I' command
    provided incorrect information about the interrupt
    statistics of the system. With this update, the 'sar -I'
    command has been disabled for this architecture,
    preventing this bug.

  - Previously, the 'iostat -n' command used invalid data to
    create statistics for read and write operations. With
    this update, the data source for these statistics has
    been fixed, and the iostat utility now returns correct
    information.

  - The 'sar -d' command used to output invalid data about
    block devices. With this update, the sar utility
    recognizes disk registration and disk overflow
    statistics properly, and only correct and relevant data
    is now displayed.

  - Previously, the sar utility set the maximum number of
    days to be logged in one month too high. Consequently,
    data from a month was appended to data from the
    preceding month. With this update, the maximum number of
    days has been set to 25, and data from a month now
    correctly replaces data from the preceding month.

  - In previous versions of the iostat utility, the number
    of NFS mount points was hard-coded. Consequently,
    various issues occurred while iostat was running and NFS
    mount points were mounted or unmounted; certain values
    in iostat reports overflowed and some mount points were
    not reported at all. With this update, iostat properly
    recognizes when an NFS mount point mounts or unmounts,
    fixing these issues.

  - When a device name was longer than 13 characters, the
    iostat utility printed a redundant new line character,
    making its output less readable. This bug has been fixed
    and now, no extra characters are printed if a long
    device name occurs in iostat output.

  - Previously, if kernel interrupt counters overflowed, the
    sar utility provided confusing output. This bug has been
    fixed and the sum of interrupts is now reported
    correctly.

  - When some processors were disabled on a multi-processor
    system, the sar utility sometimes failed to provide
    information about the CPU activity. With this update,
    the uptime of a single processor is used to compute the
    statistics, rather than the total uptime of all
    processors, and this bug no longer occurs.

  - Previously, the mpstat utility wrongly interpreted data
    about processors in the system. Consequently, it
    reported a processor that did not exist. This bug has
    been fixed and non-existent CPUs are no longer reported
    by mpstat.

  - Previously, there was no easy way to enable the
    collection of statistics about disks and interrupts.
    Now, the SADC_OPTIONS variable can be used to set
    parameters for the sadc utility, fixing this bug.

  - The read_uptime() function failed to close its open file
    upon exit. A patch has been provided to fix this bug.

This update also adds the following enhancement :

  - With this update, the cifsiostat utility has been added
    to the sysstat package to provide CIFS (Common Internet
    File System) mount point I/O statistics.

All sysstat users are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains backported patches to correct these issues and add this
enhancement."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1108&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=1028
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?44d82ca1"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected sysstat package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(264);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/08/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"sysstat-7.0.2-11.el5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2011-1005.NASL
    descriptionAn updated sysstat package that fixes one security issue, various bugs, and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The sysstat package contains a set of utilities which enable system monitoring of disks, network, and other I/O activity. It was found that the sysstat initscript created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2007-3852) This update fixes the following bugs : * On systems under heavy load, the sadc utility would sometimes output the following error message if a write() call was unable to write all of the requested input :
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id56263
    published2011-09-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56263
    titleCentOS 5 : sysstat (CESA-2011:1005)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1005 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2011:1005 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(56263);
  script_version("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3852");
  script_bugtraq_id(25380);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2011:1005");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 5 : sysstat (CESA-2011:1005)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An updated sysstat package that fixes one security issue, various
bugs, and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.

The sysstat package contains a set of utilities which enable system
monitoring of disks, network, and other I/O activity.

It was found that the sysstat initscript created a temporary file in
an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to create
arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2007-3852)

This update fixes the following bugs :

* On systems under heavy load, the sadc utility would sometimes output
the following error message if a write() call was unable to write all
of the requested input :

'Cannot write data to system activity file: Success.'

In this updated package, the sadc utility tries to write the remaining
input, resolving this issue. (BZ#454617)

* On the Itanium architecture, the 'sar -I' command provided incorrect
information about the interrupt statistics of the system. With this
update, the 'sar -I' command has been disabled for this architecture,
preventing this bug. (BZ#468340)

* Previously, the 'iostat -n' command used invalid data to create
statistics for read and write operations. With this update, the data
source for these statistics has been fixed, and the iostat utility now
returns correct information. (BZ#484439)

* The 'sar -d' command used to output invalid data about block
devices. With this update, the sar utility recognizes disk
registration and disk overflow statistics properly, and only correct
and relevant data is now displayed. (BZ#517490)

* Previously, the sar utility set the maximum number of days to be
logged in one month too high. Consequently, data from a month was
appended to data from the preceding month. With this update, the
maximum number of days has been set to 25, and data from a month now
correctly replaces data from the preceding month. (BZ#578929)

* In previous versions of the iostat utility, the number of NFS mount
points was hard-coded. Consequently, various issues occurred while
iostat was running and NFS mount points were mounted or unmounted;
certain values in iostat reports overflowed and some mount points were
not reported at all. With this update, iostat properly recognizes when
an NFS mount point mounts or unmounts, fixing these issues.
(BZ#675058, BZ#706095, BZ#694767)

* When a device name was longer than 13 characters, the iostat utility
printed a redundant new line character, making its output less
readable. This bug has been fixed and now, no extra characters are
printed if a long device name occurs in iostat output. (BZ#604637)

* Previously, if kernel interrupt counters overflowed, the sar utility
provided confusing output. This bug has been fixed and the sum of
interrupts is now reported correctly. (BZ#622557)

* When some processors were disabled on a multi-processor system, the
sar utility sometimes failed to provide information about the CPU
activity. With this update, the uptime of a single processor is used
to compute the statistics, rather than the total uptime of all
processors, and this bug no longer occurs. (BZ#630559)

* Previously, the mpstat utility wrongly interpreted data about
processors in the system. Consequently, it reported a processor that
did not exist. This bug has been fixed and non-existent CPUs are no
longer reported by mpstat. (BZ#579409)

* Previously, there was no easy way to enable the collection of
statistics about disks and interrupts. Now, the SADC_OPTIONS variable
can be used to set parameters for the sadc utility, fixing this bug.
(BZ#598794)

* The read_uptime() function failed to close its open file upon exit.
A patch has been provided to fix this bug. (BZ#696672)

This update also adds the following enhancement :

* With this update, the cifsiostat utility has been added to the
sysstat package to provide CIFS (Common Internet File System) mount
point I/O statistics. (BZ#591530)

All sysstat users are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains backported patches to correct these issues and add this
enhancement."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/018036.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?446d555f"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/018037.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e30798b0"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2011-September/000156.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3e42a303"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2011-September/000157.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?073378f3"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected sysstat package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(264);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sysstat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/08/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/09/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/09/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"sysstat-7.0.2-11.el5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  cr_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: The security advisory associated with this vulnerability has a\n' +
    'fixed package version that may only be available in the continuous\n' +
    'release (CR) repository for CentOS, until it is present in the next\n' +
    'point release of CentOS.\n\n' +

    'If an equal or higher package level does not exist in the baseline\n' +
    'repository for your major version of CentOS, then updates from the CR\n' +
    'repository will need to be applied in order to address the\n' +
    'vulnerability.\n';
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get() + cr_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sysstat");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-675.NASL
    description - Mon Aug 20 2007 Ivana Varekova <varekova at redhat.com> - 7.0.0-5 - fix CVE-2007-3852 - sysstat insecure temporary file usage Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id25941
    published2007-08-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25941
    titleFedora Core 6 : sysstat-7.0.0-5.fc6 (2007-675)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-675.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25941);
  script_version ("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");

  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-675");

  script_name(english:"Fedora Core 6 : sysstat-7.0.0-5.fc6 (2007-675)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"  - Mon Aug 20 2007 Ivana Varekova <varekova at redhat.com>
    - 7.0.0-5

    - fix CVE-2007-3852 - sysstat insecure temporary file
      usage

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-August/003419.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e6727124"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected sysstat and / or sysstat-debuginfo packages."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sysstat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sysstat-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/08/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/08/28");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 6.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC6", reference:"sysstat-7.0.0-5.fc6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC6", reference:"sysstat-debuginfo-7.0.0-5.fc6")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sysstat / sysstat-debuginfo");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-1697.NASL
    description - Mon Aug 20 2007 Ivana Varekova <varekova at redhat.com> - 7.0.4-3 - fix CVE-2007-3852 - sysstat insecure temporary file usage Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27727
    published2007-11-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27727
    titleFedora 7 : sysstat-7.0.4-3.fc7 (2007-1697)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-1697.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(27727);
  script_version ("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:25");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3852");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-1697");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : sysstat-7.0.4-3.fc7 (2007-1697)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"  - Mon Aug 20 2007 Ivana Varekova <varekova at redhat.com>
    - 7.0.4-3

    - fix CVE-2007-3852 - sysstat insecure temporary file
      usage

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-August/003340.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c78146f6"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected sysstat and / or sysstat-debuginfo packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(264);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sysstat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sysstat-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/08/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"sysstat-7.0.4-3.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"sysstat-debuginfo-7.0.4-3.fc7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sysstat / sysstat-debuginfo");
}

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id706095
titleiostat -n - values in output overflows
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070331005
    • commentsysstat is earlier than 0:7.0.2-11.el5
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111005001
    • commentsysstat is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111005002
rhsa
idRHSA-2011:1005
released2011-07-21
severityLow
titleRHSA-2011:1005: sysstat security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
rpms
  • sysstat-0:7.0.2-11.el5
  • sysstat-debuginfo-0:7.0.2-11.el5

Statements

contributorJoshua Bressers
lastmodified2008-05-12
organizationRed Hat
statementThis issue did not affect the versions of sysstat as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251200 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

References