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SUSE-SU-2016:2187-1 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceSUSE-SU-2016:2187-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2187-1

CRITICAL9.1

Security update for collectd

Published Aug 30, 2016

Modified 9 years ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for collectd fixes the following issues:

heap overflow in the network plug-in (bsc#990853, CVE-2016-6254)
add rrdcached plugin to filelist
disable ipvs plugin for now: does not build

Affected Packages

collectd

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3SUSE WebYast 1.3

Fixed in:

4.9.4-0.25.1

libcollectdclient-devel

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3SUSE WebYast 1.3

Fixed in:

4.9.4-0.25.1

libcollectdclient0

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3SUSE WebYast 1.3

Fixed in:

4.9.4-0.25.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/990853

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-August/002239.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6254/

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162187-1/

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

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

Upstream

Ecosystems

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3 SUSE WebYast 1.3

Timeline

PublishedAug 30, 2016

ModifiedAug 30, 2016