- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3636-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond July 30, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : collectd CVE ID : CVE-2016-6254 Debian Bug : 832507 832577 Emilien Gaspar discovered that collectd, a statistics collection and monitoring daemon, incorrectly processed incoming network packets. This resulted in a heap overflow, allowing a remote attacker to either cause a DoS via application crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code. Additionally, security researchers at Columbia University and the University of Virginia discovered that collectd failed to verify a return value during initialization. This meant the daemon could sometimes be started without the desired, secure settings. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.1-6+deb8u1. For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 5.5.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your collectd packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-3636-1: collectd security update
Emilien Gaspar discovered that collectd, a statistics collection and monitoring daemon, incorrectly processed incoming network packets. This resulted in a heap overflow, allowing a remote attacker to either cause a DoS via application crash, or potentially execute
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