ubuntu-cve-2017-16820
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-11-14 21:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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).

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "collectd",
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "collectd-core",
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "collectd-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcollectdclient1",
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "collectd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/collectd@5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.1.0-3.1ubuntu3",
        "5.1.0-3.1ubuntu4",
        "5.4.0-3ubuntu1",
        "5.4.0-3ubuntu2",
        "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.1",
        "5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "collectd",
            "binary_version": "5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "collectd-core",
            "binary_version": "5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "collectd-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcollectdclient1",
            "binary_version": "5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "collectd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/collectd@5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.4.1-6ubuntu1",
        "5.5.0-4",
        "5.5.1-1",
        "5.5.1-1build1",
        "5.5.1-1build2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16820",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:24Z",
  "published": "2017-11-14T21:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16820"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2291"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/881757"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/d16c24542b2f96a194d43a73c2e5778822b9cb47"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/collectd/collectd/releases/tag/collectd-5.6.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16820"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4793-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4793-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-16820"
  ]
}



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