Ubuntu Security Update USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic multiplications. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39377) It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic multiplications in 64-bit systems, as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-33204)

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