Security update for collectd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1365-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-7401 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • WebYaST for SLE-11 1.3

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for collectd fixes one issue.

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7401: Incorrect interaction of the parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions in network.c allowed 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 (bsc#1032307).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • WebYaST for SLE-11 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slewyst13-collectd-13121=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slewyst13-collectd-13121=1

Package List:

  • WebYaST for SLE-11 1.3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • collectd-4.9.4-0.31.1
    • libcollectdclient-devel-4.9.4-0.31.1
    • libcollectdclient0-4.9.4-0.31.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • collectd-4.9.4-0.31.1
    • libcollectdclient-devel-4.9.4-0.31.1
    • libcollectdclient0-4.9.4-0.31.1

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