CVE-2016-6254

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6254
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-19T21:59:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-04T17:42:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.4.0 5.4.3
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5.0 5.5.2
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636 Third Party Advisory
http://collectd.org/news.shtml Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6254
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6254
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:57:06 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:54:46 2016-08-19T21:59Z 2016-08-19T21:59:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:54:46 2019-03-04T17:42:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:54:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated