Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-6254
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.131
EPSS Ranking 93.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.1
CVSS v2 Score 6.4
References
- 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%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/
- 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%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/
Products affected by CVE-2016-6254
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cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.5.1
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24