Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-16820 - Double Free vulnerability in Collectd
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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).
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2018-0560.NASL description An update for collectd is now available for RHEV 4.X RHEV-H and Agents for RHEL-7 and RHEV Engine version 4.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. collectd is a small C-language daemon, which reads various system metrics periodically and updates RRD files (creating them if necessary). Because the daemon does not start up each time it updates files, it has a low system footprint. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: collectd (5.8.0). (BZ#1544653) Security Fix(es) : * collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c (CVE-2017-16820) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108683 published 2018-03-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108683 title RHEL 7 : collectd (RHSA-2018:0560) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2018-940.NASL description Double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c : 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). (CVE-2017-16820) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 105620 published 2018-01-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105620 title Amazon Linux AMI : collectd (ALAS-2018-940) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2018-2615.NASL description An update for collectd is now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. collectd is a host-based system statistics collection daemon that gathers metrics from various sources periodically, such as the operating system, applications, log files and devices, and storage clusters. As the daemon does not start up each time it updates files, it has a low system footprint. For Red Hat Gluster Storage Web Administration 3.4, collectd service is responsible for gathering metrics from Red Hat Gluster Storage clusters. The updated collectd package includes the following security bug fixes. Security Fix(es) : * collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions (CVE-2017-7401) * collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c (CVE-2017-16820) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. This updated package contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in detail in the Release Notes, linked in the References. All users of collectd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117321 published 2018-09-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117321 title RHEL 7 : Storage Server (RHSA-2018:2615) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-F9CFCEF9D6.NASL description Upstream released new version. See https://collectd.org/news.shtml#news106 for the list of changes. Fixes CVE-2017-16820 (double free in snmp plugin) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-12-11 plugin id 105139 published 2017-12-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105139 title Fedora 26 : collectd (2017-f9cfcef9d6) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-D7AB32CC23.NASL description Upstream released new version. See https://collectd.org/news.shtml#news106 for the list of changes. Fixes CVE-2017-16820 (double free in snmp plugin) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-12-11 plugin id 105137 published 2017-12-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105137 title Fedora 25 : collectd (2017-d7ab32cc23) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-F47206EAE4.NASL description Upstream released new version. See https://collectd.org/news.shtml#news106 for the list of changes. Fixes CVE-2017-16820 (double free in snmp plugin) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-01-15 plugin id 106005 published 2018-01-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106005 title Fedora 27 : collectd (2017-f47206eae4) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201803-10.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201803-10 (collectd: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gentoo’s collectd package. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and bug entries for details. Impact : A local attacker, who either is already collectd’s system user or belongs to collectd’s group, could potentially gain root privileges and cause a Denial of Service condition. Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted SNMP responses. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108525 published 2018-03-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108525 title GLSA-201803-10 : collectd: Multiple vulnerabilities
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References
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/releases/tag/collectd-5.6.3
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2291
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/d16c24542b2f96a194d43a73c2e5778822b9cb47
- https://bugs.debian.org/881757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0252
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0299
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0560
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1605
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2615