CVE-2016-6254

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.1 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-08-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Collectd (Collectd)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Fedora (Fedoraproject)

References

• http://collectd.org/news.shtml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636
• https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLX…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2B…