Ubuntu: USN-4793-1 (CVE-2016-6254): collectd vulnerabilities
6
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
08/19/2016
03/29/2023
03/22/2023
11/15/2024
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)
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-collectd
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-collectd-core
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libcollectdclient1
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