Candidate: CVE-2016-6254
PublicDate: 2016-08-19 21:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6254
Description:
 Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in
 collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause
 a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
 crafted network packet.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that collectd mishandled certain malformed packets. A remote
 attacker could use this vulnerablility to cause collectd to crash or possibly
 execuite arbitrary code.
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H [9.1 CRITICAL]

Patches_collectd:
upstream_collectd: released (5.5.2-1)
precise_collectd: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_collectd: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_collectd: ignored (out of standard support)
trusty/esm_collectd: needed
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_collectd: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_collectd: DNE
wily_collectd: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_collectd: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
yakkety_collectd: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_collectd: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_collectd: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
cosmic_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
disco_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
eoan_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
focal_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
groovy_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
hirsute_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
impish_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)
devel_collectd: not-affected (5.7.2-2ubuntu1)