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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3792-2: Net-SNMP Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical Net-SNMP flaw in Ubuntu may cause service disruption through specially designed packets. Ensure your system is up-to-date for protection!
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:

USN-3792-1 fixed a vulnerability in Net-SNMP. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libsnmp15                       5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.4

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3792-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3792-1

  CVE-2018-18065

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October 16, 2018

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