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Double Free Affecting libcollectdclient-devel package, versions <0:5.8.0-2.19.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.73% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBCOLLECTDCLIENTDEVEL-1709911
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Nov 2017
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Introduced: 14 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libcollectdclient-devel to version 0:5.8.0-2.19.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-940.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcollectdclient-devel package and not the libcollectdclient-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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).