--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-6b639afc9c
2017-04-25 12:28:36.811916
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : collectd
Product     : Fedora 24
Version     : 5.6.2
Release     : 1.fc24
URL         : https://www.collectd.org/
Summary     : Statistics collection daemon for filling RRD files
Description :
collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically
and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways,
for example in RRD files.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Fix  CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of
parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions. This is a bug in the
network plugin.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1439674 - CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439674
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade collectd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Fedora 24: collectd Security Update

April 25, 2017
Fix CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions

Summary

collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically

and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways,

for example in RRD files.

Fix CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of

parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions. This is a bug in the

network plugin.

[ 1 ] Bug #1439674 - CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439674

su -c 'dnf upgrade collectd' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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FEDORA-2017-6b639afc9c 2017-04-25 12:28:36.811916 Product : Fedora 24 Version : 5.6.2 Release : 1.fc24 URL : https://www.collectd.org/ Summary : Statistics collection daemon for filling RRD files Description : collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways, for example in RRD files. Fix CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions. This is a bug in the network plugin. [ 1 ] Bug #1439674 - CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439674 su -c 'dnf upgrade collectd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 24
Version : 5.6.2
Release : 1.fc24
URL : https://www.collectd.org/
Summary : Statistics collection daemon for filling RRD files

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