[oe] [PATCH] Security Advisory - collectd - CVE-2016-6254

[Martin Jansa]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 12:34:11PM +0300, Alexandru Moise wrote:
> 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.

The summary should start with component name:
http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Commit_Patch_Message_Guidelines

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Moise <alexandru.moise at windriver.com>
> ---
>  .../collectd/collectd/CVE-2016-6254.patch          | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../recipes-extended/collectd/collectd_5.5.0.bb    |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd/CVE-2016-6254.patch
> 
> diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd/CVE-2016-6254.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd/CVE-2016-6254.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..bc85b4c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd/CVE-2016-6254.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
> +From dd8483a4beb6f61521d8b32c726523bbea21cd92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org>
> +Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:37 +0200
> +Subject: [PATCH] network plugin: Fix heap overflow in parse_packet().
> +
> +Emilien Gaspar has identified a heap overflow in parse_packet(), the
> +function used by the network plugin to parse incoming network packets.
> +
> +This is a vulnerability in collectd, though the scope is not clear at
> +this point. At the very least specially crafted network packets can be
> +used to crash the daemon. We can't rule out a potential remote code
> +execution though.
> +
> +Fixes: CVE-2016-6254
> +
> +cherry picked from upstream commit b589096f
> +
> +Upstream Status: Backport
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Alexandru Moise <alexandru.moise at windriver.com>
> +---
> + src/network.c | 3 +++
> + 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> +
> +diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
> +index 551bd5c..cb979b2 100644
> +--- a/src/network.c
> ++++ b/src/network.c
> +@@ -1444,6 +1444,7 @@ static int parse_packet (sockent_t *se, /* {{{ */
> + 				printed_ignore_warning = 1;
> + 			}
> + 			buffer = ((char *) buffer) + pkg_length;
> ++			buffer_size -= (size_t) pkg_length;
> + 			continue;
> + 		}
> + #endif /* HAVE_LIBGCRYPT */
> +@@ -1471,6 +1472,7 @@ static int parse_packet (sockent_t *se, /* {{{ */
> + 				printed_ignore_warning = 1;
> + 			}
> + 			buffer = ((char *) buffer) + pkg_length;
> ++			buffer_size -= (size_t) pkg_length;
> + 			continue;
> + 		}
> + #endif /* HAVE_LIBGCRYPT */
> +@@ -1612,6 +1614,7 @@ static int parse_packet (sockent_t *se, /* {{{ */
> + 			DEBUG ("network plugin: parse_packet: Unknown part"
> + 					" type: 0x%04hx", pkg_type);
> + 			buffer = ((char *) buffer) + pkg_length;
> ++			buffer_size -= (size_t) pkg_length;
> + 		}
> + 	} /* while (buffer_size > sizeof (part_header_t)) */
> + 
> +-- 
> +2.7.4
> +
> diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd_5.5.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd_5.5.0.bb
> index d7ba5b7..34edecf 100644
> --- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd_5.5.0.bb
> +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/collectd/collectd_5.5.0.bb
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://collectd.org/files/collectd-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
>             file://collectd.service \
>             file://0001-conditionally-check-libvirt.patch \
>             file://0001-collectd-replace-deprecated-readdir_r-with-readdir.patch \
> +           file://CVE-2016-6254.patch \
>  "
>  SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c39305ef5514b44238b0d31f77e29e6a"
>  SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "847684cf5c10de1dc34145078af3fcf6e0d168ba98c14f1343b1062a4b569e88"
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
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Martin 'JaMa' Jansa     jabber: Martin.Jansa at gmail.com
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