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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-3792-1 Critical Net-SNMP Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey October 15, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian's DSA-4862-1 alerts users to vulnerabilities within OpenSSH that may result in unauthorized access when exploited.
Net-SNMP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Net-SNMP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- net-snmp: SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) server and applications

Details:

It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain certain crafted

packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Net-SNMP

to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue Ubuntu Net-SNMP

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libsnmp30                       5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libsnmp30                       5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libsnmp30                       5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2018-18065

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October 15, 2018

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue Ubuntu Net-SNMP

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-snmp/5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-snmp/5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-snmp/5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3

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