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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4154-1 (net-snmp - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A heap corruption vulnerability was discovered in net-snmp, a suite of Simple Network Management Protocol applications, triggered when parsing the PDU prior to the authentication process. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to crash the snmpd process (causing a denial of service) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running snmpd.
Affected Software
Affected Software
net-snmp on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 5.7.2.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed before the initial release. We recommend that you upgrade your net-snmp packages. For the detailed security status of net-snmp please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.