UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16820

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16820

    Published: 14 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16820
    Aliases:
    USN-4793-1

    Summary:

    Details: The csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5.6.3 is susceptible to a double free in a certain error case, which could lead to a crash (or potentially have other impact).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16820, https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2291, https://bugs.debian.org/881757, https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/d16c24542b2f96a194d43a73c2e5778822b9cb47, https://github.com/collectd/collectd/releases/tag/collectd-5.6.3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16820, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4793-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: collectd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1

    Affected versions

    5.1.0-3.1ubuntu3
    5.1.0-3.1ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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