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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201507-17
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: SNMP: Denial of Service
     Date: July 10, 2015
     Bugs: #522062
       ID: 201507-17

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

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

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

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-17

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/