USN-4793-1

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    USN-4793-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: collectd vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that collectd mishandled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause collectd to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6254) It was discovered that collectd failed to handle certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause collectd to crash. (CVE-2017-16820) It was discovered that collectd mishandles certain malformed network packets. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service or consume system resources. (CVE-2017-7401)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4793-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6254, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7401, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16820

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: collectd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/collectd?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    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
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-4793-1 | CVE-DB