CVE-2016-6254

CRITICAL9.1

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network

Published Aug 19, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://collectd.org/news.shtml

ADVISORY

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636

WEB

https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6254

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

9.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

9.1/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 19, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2016-6254 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence