vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-6254: Security patch for collectd (ALAS-2016-739)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Aug 19, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 19, 2016
Added
Sep 2, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
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
amazon-linux-upgrade-collectd
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