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

diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index 0ee6ed0..5c7761d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -1462,6 +1463,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -1603,6 +1605,7 @@ 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)) */