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CVE-2017-7401 json

Incorrect interaction of the parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions in network.c in collectd 5.7.1 and earlier allows remote…

published 2017-04-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16425

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • collectd Debian 13, Debian 12 5.7.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7401

  • collectd Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 5.4.0-3ubuntu2.2+esm1
  • collectd Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7401

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • collectd storage 3.4 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs
  • collectd-ping storage 3.4 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs
  • libcollectdclient storage 3.4 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs
  • collectd openstack-optools 11 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost
  • collectd-dbi openstack-optools 11 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost
  • collectd-dns openstack-optools 11 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost
  • collectd-lvm openstack-optools 11 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost
  • collectd-web openstack-optools 11 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2615RHSA-2017:1787RHSA-2017:1285

  • collectd WebYast 1.3, Lifecycle Management Server 1.3 4.9.4-0.31.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1365-1

  • collectd Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 5.6.2-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-7401

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7401 updated cvss 5.9

collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools collectd, collectd-dbi, collectd-dns, collectd-lvm, collectd-amqp, collectd-curl, +18 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools collectd, collectd-dbi, collectd-dns, collectd-lvm, collectd-amqp, collectd-curl, +18 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools collectd, collectd-dbi, collectd-dns, collectd-lvm, collectd-amqp, collectd-curl, +18 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) Operational Tools collectd, collectd-dbi, collectd-dns, collectd-rdt, collectd-bind, collectd-ceph, +41 more Red Hat Storage Console 2 collectd
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Gluster 3.4 Web Administration Node Agent on RHEL-7 collectd 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs, collectd-ping 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs, libcollectdclient 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs Red Hat Gluster 3.4 Web Administration on RHEL-7 collectd 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs, collectd-ping 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs, libcollectdclient 5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2615
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 collectd 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost, collectd-dbi 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost, collectd-dns 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost, collectd-lvm 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost, collectd-web 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost, collectd-bind 5.7.2-1.1.el7ost, +37 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1787
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts collectd 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-dbi 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-dns 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-lvm 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-bind 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-ceph 5.7.1-4.el7, +38 more Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 collectd 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-dbi 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-dns 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-lvm 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-bind 5.7.1-4.el7, collectd-ceph 5.7.1-4.el7, +37 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1285
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) Operational Tools collectd, collectd-dbi, collectd-dns, collectd-lvm, collectd-web, collectd-bind, +38 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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