Heap-based buffer overflow in Debian Linux and Fedora - CVE-2016-6254

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Debian Linux and Fedora - CVE-2016-6254

Published: August 20, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33445
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6254
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in 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. A remote attacker can use a crafted network packet. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Debian Linux
Fedora
Amazon Linux AMI
collectd (Alpine package)
collectd

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6254

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

collectd (Alpine package) - update to 5.5.2-r0
collectd - addressed in versions 4.10.9-2.el5, 4.10.9-2.el6, 4.10.9-3.el5, 4.10.9-3.el6, 5.5.2-1.el7, 5.5.2-1.fc23, 5.5.2-1.fc24

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