CVE-2017-16820
A double-free vulnerability was found in the csnmp_read_table function in the SNMP plugin of collectd. A network-based attacker could exploit this by sending malformed data, causing collectd to crash or possibly other impact.
Find out more about CVE-2017-16820 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.6 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7 (collectd) | RHSA-2018:2615 | 2018-09-04 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7 (collectd) | RHSA-2018:2615 | 2018-09-04 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 (collectd) | RHSA-2018:0252 | 2018-01-30 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 (collectd) | RHSA-2018:0560 | 2018-03-20 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 (collectd) | RHSA-2018:1605 | 2018-05-17 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (collectd) | RHSA-2018:0560 | 2018-03-20 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 (collectd) | RHSA-2018:0299 | 2018-02-13 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Storage Console 2 | collectd | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Operational Tools 9 | collectd | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | collectd | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | collectd | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | collectd | Affected |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | collectd | Affected |