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openSUSE 42.3: 2018:3508-1 Important net-snmp DoS Security Issue

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Tackling critical net-snmp vulnerabilities in openSUSE with updated patches and solutions for improved reliability.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available.

Description

This update for net-snmp fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-18065: _set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c had a NULL

Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated attacker to

remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting

in Denial of Service. (bsc#1111122)

Non-security issues fixed:

- swintst_rpm: Protect against unspecified Group name (bsc#1102775)

- Add tsm and tlstm MIBs and the USM security module. (bsc#1081164)

- Fix agentx freezing on timeout (bsc#1027353)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1313=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

libsnmp30-5.7.3-7.3.1

libsnmp30-debuginfo-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-debuginfo-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-debugsource-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-devel-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-python-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-python-debuginfo-5.7.3-7.3.1

perl-SNMP-5.7.3-7.3.1

perl-SNMP-debuginfo-5.7.3-7.3.1

snmp-mibs-5.7.3-7.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libsnmp30-32bit-5.7.3-7.3.1

libsnmp30-debuginfo-32bit-5.7.3-7.3.1

net-snmp-devel-32bit-5.7.3-7.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18065.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027353

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081164

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102775

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111122

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3508-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 le.

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