Gentoo: GLSA-201803-10 High: collectd Privilege Escalation Risk
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March 22, 2018
Gentoo's collectd package contains multiple vulnerabilities, the worst of which may allow local attackers to escalate privileges.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gentoo's collectd package. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and bug entries for details.
Resolution
All collectd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/collectd-5.7.2-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-16820 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-16820 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-18240 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-18240
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: collectd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 22, 2018
Bugs: #628540, #637538
ID: 201803-10
Background
collectd is a daemon which collects system and application performance
metrics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a
variety of ways, for example in RRD files.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/collectd < 5.7.2-r1 >= 5.7.2-r1
Impact
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A local attacker, who either is already collectd's system user or
belongs to collectd's group, could potentially gain root privileges and
cause a Denial of Service condition.
Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition via
specially crafted SNMP responses.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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