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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.1860
collectd security update
1 August 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: collectd
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 8
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Reduced Security -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-6254
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running collectd check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3636-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond
July 30, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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