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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201803-10">
  <title>collectd: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Gentoo's collectd package contains multiple vulnerabilities, the
    worst of which may allow local attackers to escalate privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">collectd</product>
  <announced>2018-03-22</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-03-22</revised>
  <bug>628540</bug>
  <bug>637538</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-admin/collectd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.7.2-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.7.2-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>collectd is a daemon which collects system and application performance
      metrics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a
      variety of ways, for example in RRD files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gentoo’s collectd package.
      Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and bug entries for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A local attacker, who either is already collectd’s system user or
      belongs to collectd’s group, could potentially gain root privileges and
      cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
    
    <p>Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition via specially
      crafted SNMP responses.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All collectd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/collectd-5.7.2-r1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-16820">
      CVE-2017-16820
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-18240">
      CVE-2017-18240
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-03-03T16:45:48Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-03-22T00:14:20Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>
