Debian DSA-4154-1 : net-snmp - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108696

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the net-snmp packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108696

File Name: debian_DSA-4154.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/29/2018

Updated: 12/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:net-snmp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5621, CVE-2018-1000116

DSA: 4154

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