suse · CVE-2017-7401

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Priority: medium Published: 2021-05-30 13:54:32 UTC Updated: 2025-10-05 02:22:19 UTC

View at Official suse advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2017-7401 severity moderate: SUSE including 216 source package names (collectd, collectd-4.9.4-0.31.1, …), 287 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2, … (9 product lines)): Fixed 255, Known Not Affected 32.

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.

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