CVE-2010-4336

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The cu_rrd_create_file function (src/utils_rrdcreate.c) in collectd 4.x before 4.9.4 and before 4.10.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a packet with a timestamp whose value is 10 or less, as demonstrated by creating RRD files using the (1) RRDtool and (2) RRDCacheD plugins.

Affected products

Collectd: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+59)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605092
http://collectd.org/news.shtml#news86
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052875.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42393
http://secunia.com/advisories/42491
http://secunia.com/advisories/42846
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2133
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45075
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3196
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0041
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605092

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