Security advisory

{
  "id": "940541c00abebc23b003e6f510d09b3f4e385dd36d61be954dad78df306e87c0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7401",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7401",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7401",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-7401",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-7401"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/collectd/collectd",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0c157068b398f336b6478cb24fa05243b49fcda4"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "collectd-5.7.0",
            "collectd-5.7.1",
            "collectd-5.5.0",
            "collectd-5.2.0",
            "collectd-5.3.0",
            "collectd-5.1.0",
            "collectd-5.0.0-beta1",
            "collectd-5.0.0-beta0",
            "collectd-4.10.0",
            "collectd-4.6.0",
            "collectd-4.3.0",
            "collectd-4.3.0beta1",
            "collectd-4.3.0beta0",
            "collectd-4.2.0",
            "collectd-4.1.1",
            "collectd-4.1.0",
            "collectd-4.0.0",
            "collectd-4.0.0-rc10",
            "collectd-4.0.0-rc8",
            "collectd-4.0.0-rc7",
            "collectd-4.0.0-rc6",
            "collectd-4.0.0-rc4",
            "collectd-3.10.0",
            "collectd-3.7.0",
            "collectd-2.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7401.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:09.381250807Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1285",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1787",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2615",
        "https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2174"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7401",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381359,
  "published_at": "2017-04-03T14:59:00.2+00:00"
}