{"id":"USN-4793-1","summary":"collectd vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that collectd mishandled certain malformed packets. A\nremote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause collectd to crash or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6254)\n\nIt was discovered that collectd failed to handle certain input. An attacker\ncould use this vulnerability to cause collectd to crash. (CVE-2017-16820)\n\nIt was discovered that collectd mishandles certain malformed network\npackets. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a Denial of\nService or consume system resources. (CVE-2017-7401)\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:47:14.603805473Z","published":"2021-03-15T21:14:39Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6254","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16820","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7401"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6254","CVE-2017-16820","CVE-2017-7401","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6254","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16820","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7401"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4793-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6254"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7401"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16820"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"collectd","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/collectd?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"}]}],"versions":["5.1.0-3.1ubuntu3","5.1.0-3.1ubuntu4","5.4.0-3ubuntu1","5.4.0-3ubuntu2","5.4.0-3ubuntu2.1","5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1","binary_name":"collectd"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1","binary_name":"collectd-core"},{"binary_name":"collectd-utils","binary_version":"5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libcollectdclient1","binary_version":"5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-6254"},{"id":"CVE-2017-7401","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2017-16820"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4793-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"collectd","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/collectd?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["5.4.1-6ubuntu1","5.5.0-4","5.5.1-1","5.5.1-1build1","5.5.1-1build2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"collectd"},{"binary_name":"collectd-core","binary_version":"5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_version":"5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"collectd-utils"},{"binary_version":"5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libcollectdclient1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4793-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-6254"},{"id":"CVE-2017-7401","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2017-16820"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}