Bug 1361062 - collectd: Unchecked error conditions of gcry_control
Summary: collectd: Unchecked error conditions of gcry_control
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1361063 1361064 1366931 1366932 1366933 1366934
Blocks: 1361065
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Reported: 2016-07-28 09:41 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:54 UTC (History)
22 users (show)

Fixed In Version: collectd 5.4.3, collectd 5.5.2
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Last Closed: 2017-01-18 23:38:09 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 09:41:05 UTC 
It was found that GCrypt's gcry_control is sometimes called without checking its return value for an error, which may cause the program to be initialized without the desired, secure settings.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/1665

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/8b4fed9940e02138b7e273e56863df03d1a39ef7
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 09:41:48 UTC 
Created collectd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1361063]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1361064]
Comment 2 Summer Long 2016-08-12 03:40:27 UTC 
Upstream fix, collectd release 5.5.2. 
https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Version_5.5

Network plugin: A check for the initialization of secure memory has been added. Previously, failure to initialize this memory was ignored. Thanks to @yujokang. #1665
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-08-12 15:47:37 UTC 
collectd-4.10.9-3.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-08-15 14:50:41 UTC 
collectd-4.10.9-3.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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