Oval Definition:oval:org.cisecurity:def:998
Revision Date:2016-09-16Version:6
Title:DSA-3636-1 -- collectd -- security update
Description:Emilien Gaspar discovered that collectd, a statistics collection and monitoring daemon, incorrectly processed incoming network packets. This resulted in a heap overflow, allowing a remote attacker to either cause a DoS via application crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2016-6254
DSA-3636-1
Platform(s):Debian 8
Product(s):collectd
Definition Synopsis
  • Debian 8 is installed
  • AND collectd is earlier than 0:5.4.1-6+deb8u1
  • BACK