vulnerability

FreeBSD: VID-6da45e38-5b55-11e6-8859-000c292ee6b8 (CVE-2016-6254): collectd -- Network plugin heap overflow

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 5, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025

Description

The collectd Project reports: Emilien Gaspar has identified a heap overflow in collectd's network plugin which can be triggered remotely and is potentially exploitable.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-collectd5
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