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Alpine: multiple collectd packages: security update to 5.5.2-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 403863

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x
 before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute
 arbitrary code via a crafted network packet. (CVE-2016-6254)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6254

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 403863

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6254

BID: 92248