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Gentoo: GLSA-201507-17 Normal: SNMP Denial Of Service Advisory

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An exploit in the SNMP protocol on Gentoo poses a critical risk that necessitates swift measures to safeguard network applications.
A vulnerability in SNMP could lead to Denial of Service condition.

Summary

A specially crafted trap message trigger a conversion to erronuous variable type in SNMP's snmplib/mib.c when the -OQ option is used.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity snmp

Resolution

All SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_pre5-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3565 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3565

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-17
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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: SNMP: Denial of Service
Date: July 10, 2015
Bugs: #522062
ID: 201507-17

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in SNMP could lead to Denial of Service condition.

Background

SNMP is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/net-snmp < 5.7.3_pre5-r1 >= 5.7.3_pre5-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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