SB2018051816 - Red Hat update for collectd
Published: May 18, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051816
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16820)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to the csnmp_read_table function in the snmp.c code in the SNMP plug-in of the collectd daemon. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the target system, trigger a double-free memory condition and cause the collected daemon to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.