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FreeBSD: collectd -- Network plugin heap overflow (CVE-2016-6254)

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FreeBSD: collectd -- Network plugin heap overflow (CVE-2016-6254)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/09/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

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)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-collectd5

References

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