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Fedora 25 : collectd (2017-80763c8c03)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99644

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix CVE-2017-7401 collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions. This is a bug in the network plugin.

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Solution

Update the affected collectd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-80763c8c03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99644

File Name: fedora_2017-80763c8c03.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:collectd

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7401