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CVE-2017-16820

Date: November 14, 2017

The csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5.6.3 is susceptible to a double free in a certain error case, which could lead to a crash (or potentially have other impact).

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (15)

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16820

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1605

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16820

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10

Url: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/releases/tag/collectd-5.6.3

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2615

Url: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2291

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16820

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-16820

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0299

Url: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/d16c24542b2f96a194d43a73c2e5778822b9cb47

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/881757

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0252

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0560

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16820

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Double Free

CWE-415

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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