vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4793-1 (CVE-2017-16820): collectd vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 14, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5.6.3 is susceptible to a double free in a certain error case, which could lead to a crash (or potentially have other impact).

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-collectdubuntu-pro-upgrade-collectd-coreubuntu-pro-upgrade-libcollectdclient1
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