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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6254: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6254: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-collectd

References

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