CVE-2017-7401

HIGH7.5EPSS 0.42%

collectd - security update

Published: 4/3/2017Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

Incorrect interaction of the parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions in network.c in collectd 5.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) of a collectd instance (configured with "SecurityLevel None" and with empty "AuthFile" options) via a crafted UDP packet.

Affected packages (3)

Alpine/collectdfrom 0, < 5.6.2-r1
Debian/collectdfrom 0, < 5.7.2-1
Debian/collectdfrom 0, < 5.1.0-3+deb7u3

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)

ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7401
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7401