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Gentoo: GLSA-201409-02 Normal: Net-SNMP Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey September 1, 2014
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Adverse actors may exploit Net-SNMP flaws on Gentoo, threatening system integrity. Security updates are advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Net-SNMP which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Net-SNMP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo net-snmp normal severity

Resolution

All net-snmp users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_pre3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2141 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2141 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-6151 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6151 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-2284 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2284 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-2285 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2285

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201409-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Net-SNMP: Denial of Service
Date: September 01, 2014
Bugs: #431752, #493296, #502968, #509110
ID: 201409-02

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Net-SNMP which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Net-SNMP bundles software for generating and retrieving SNMP data.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/net-snmp < 5.7.3_pre3 >= 5.7.3_pre3

Impact

===== A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.