CVE-2016-6254: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Aug 19 2016(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted network packet.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Collectd Collectd | >=5.4.0<5.4.3 | |
| Collectd Collectd | >=5.5.0<5.5.2 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =23 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =24 |
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Reference Links
- http://collectd.org/news.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- vendor/collectd
- canonical/collectd collectd
- version/collectd collectd/5.4.0
- version/collectd collectd/5.5.0
- vendor/fedoraproject
- canonical/fedoraproject fedora
- version/fedoraproject fedora/23
- version/fedoraproject fedora/24