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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-43958

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* SECURITY UPDATE: stack-based buffer overflow in rrdcached CREATE request handling - debian/patches/CVE-2026-43958.patch: bound the av[] argument array in handle_request_create() so an oversized CREATE request with more than 128 DS:/RRA: definitions can no longer overflow the stack buffer, plus the accompanying upstream hardening in rrd_xport, rrd_graph, rrd_graph_helper and rrd_daemon. The rrd_xport fill loop uses the index-based bounds check from upstream follow-up a8174e6a rather than the timestamp comparison it originally shipped with. - CVE-2026-43958

Products
liblua5.1-rrd-dev, liblua5.1-rrd0, librrd-dev, librrd4, librrdp-perl, librrds-perl, lua-rrd, lua-rrd-dev, python-rrdtool, rrdcached, rrdtool, rrdtool-tcl, ruby-rrd
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1
CVEs
CVE-2026-43958
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-43958

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Aug 2026, 14:04 UTC

* SECURITY UPDATE: stack-based buffer overflow in rrdcached CREATE request handling - debian/patches/CVE-2026-43958.patch: bound the av[] argument array in handle_request_create() so an oversized CREATE request with more than 128 DS:/RRA: definitions can no longer overflow the stack buffer, plus the accompanying upstream hardening in rrd_xport, rrd_graph, rrd_graph_helper and rrd_daemon. The rrd_xport fill loop uses the index-based bounds check from upstream follow-up a8174e6a rather than the timestamp comparison it originally shipped with. - CVE-2026-43958

osv:CLSA-2026-1787666659

liblua5.1-rrd-dev

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

liblua5.1-rrd0

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

librrd-dev

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

librrd4

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

librrdp-perl

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

librrds-perl

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

lua-rrd

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

lua-rrd-dev

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

python-rrdtool

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

rrdcached

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

rrdtool

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

rrdtool-tcl

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

ruby-rrd

Fixed versions: 1.5.5-4+tuxcare.els1

Complete source record
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