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Mageia 8: 2023-0015 Critical: Net-SNMP Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2023
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Updated net-snmp packages address a severe NULL Pointer Exception issue that can lead to Denial of Service vulnerabilities in Mageia.
handle_ipDefaultTTL in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.8 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker (who has write access...

Summary

handle_ipDefaultTTL in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.8 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker (who has write access) to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service. (CVE-2022-44792)
handle_ipv6IpForwarding in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.4.3 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service. (CVE-2022-44793)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31388

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5795-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44792

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44793

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical UDP attack service flaw Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/net-snmp-5.9-1.2.mga8

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Publication date: 24 Jan 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0015.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-44792, CVE-2022-44793

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical UDP attack service flaw Mageia

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