CVE-2017-16820 — Double Free in Collectd

CWE-415 — Double FreeCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer11 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV9.1
EPSS
3.4%
top 12.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
CollectdDebian Collectd
Timeline
PublishedNov 14
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/collectd< collectd 5.8.0-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDcollectd/collectd< 5.6.3
▶Debiancollectd/collectd< 5.8.0-1+3
▶Ubuntucollectd/collectd< 5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fh5v-r835-mw7v: The csnmp_read_table function in snmp↗2022-05-14
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OSV
collectd vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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OSV
CVE-2017-16820: The csnmp_read_table function in snmp↗2017-11-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
collectd vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c↗2017-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2017-16820: collectd - The csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5....↗2017
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16820 collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c [epel-7]↗2017-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16820 collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c↗2017-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16820 collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c [epel-6]↗2017-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16820 collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c [fedora-all]↗2017-11-22
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