[Secure-testing-team] Bug#859494: collectd: CVE-2017-7401

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: collectd
Version: 5.4.1-6
Severity: important
Tags: security patch upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for collectd.

CVE-2017-7401[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7401
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7401
[1] https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2174

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore