CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-7401

7.5 HIGH Published 2017-04-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-04-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

Incorrect interaction of the parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions in network.c in collectd 5.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) of a collectd instance (configured with "SecurityLevel None" and with empty "AuthFile" options) via a crafted UDP packet.

Affected configurations

• collectd collectd (<= 5.7.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References