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Moderate: net-snmp security update. Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:13:48 +0000 Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@ Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Pat Riehecky Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: net-snmp on SL5.x i386/x86_64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Synopsis: Moderate: net-snmp security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:0322-1 Issue Date: 2014-03-24 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-6151 CVE-2014-2285 -- A denial of service flaw was found in the way snmpd, the Net-SNMP daemon, handled subagent timeouts. A remote attacker able to trigger a subagent timeout could use this flaw to cause snmpd to loop infinitely or crash. (CVE-2012-6151) A denial of service flaw was found in the way the snmptrapd service, which receives and logs SNMP trap messages, handled SNMP trap requests with an empty community string when the Perl handler (provided by the net-snmp- perl package) was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash snmptrapd by sending a trap request with an empty community string. (CVE-2014-2285) After installing this update, the snmpd and snmptrapd services will be restarted automatically. -- SL5 x86_64 net-snmp-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-debuginfo-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-debuginfo-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-perl-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-utils-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-devel-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-devel-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm i386 net-snmp-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-debuginfo-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-perl-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-utils-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm net-snmp-devel-5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1.i386.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Scientific Linux released a moderate update for the net-snmp package, addressing denial of service vulnerabilities that could disrupt SNMP services. Users should apply the update toenhance system security and stability.. Security Advisory, Net-SNMP Update, Scientific Linux Security, Denial of Service Fix, Linux Security News. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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