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Gentoo: GLSA-202401-15 Low: Prometheus SNMP Exporter Authentication Bypass

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Calendar Grey January 12, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Act promptly to resolve the verification problem in Prometheus SNMP Exporter following Gentoo GLSA 202401-15. Update immediately.
A vulnerability has been found in Prometheus SNMP Exporter which could allow for authentication bypass.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Prometheus SNMP Exporter. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update authentication issue low severity Gentoo Linux Prometheus SNMP Exporter

Resolution

All Prometheus SNMP Exporter users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-metrics/snmp_exporter-0.24.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-46146 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46146

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-15
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: Prometheus SNMP Exporter: Basic Authentication Bypass
Date: January 12, 2024
Bugs: #883649
ID: 202401-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update authentication issue low severity Gentoo Linux Prometheus SNMP Exporter

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Prometheus SNMP Exporter which could allow for authentication bypass.

Background

The Prometheus SNMP Exporter is the recommended way to expose SNMP data in a format which Prometheus can ingest.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------------- ------------ ------------ app-metrics/snmp_exporter < 0.24.1 >= 0.24.1

Impact

A user who knows the password hash of a user capable of performing HTTP basic authentication with a vulnerable exporter can use the hash to successfully authenticate as that user via cache manipulation, without knowing the password from which the hash was derived.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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