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Fedora 27 : collectd (2017-f47206eae4)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106005

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

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)

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Solution

Update the affected collectd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-f47206eae4

https://collectd.org/news.shtml#news106

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106005

File Name: fedora_2017-f47206eae4.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:collectd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16820