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Debian Security Advisory DSA 873-1 (net-snmp)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to net-snmp announced via advisory DSA 873-1. A security vulnerability has been found in Net-SNMP releases that could allow a denial of service attack against Net-SNMP agent's that have opened a stream based protocol (eg TCP but not UDP). By default, Net-SNMP does not open a TCP port. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a net-snmp package.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.1.2-6.2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.1.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your net-snmp package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20873-1