MGASA-2023-0015 - Updated net-snmp packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 24 Jan 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0015.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-44792,
     CVE-2022-44793

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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44792
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44793

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