Debian DSA-4314-1 : net-snmp - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118071

Synopsis

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

Description

Magnus Klaaborg Stubman discovered a NULL pointer dereference bug in net-snmp, a suite of Simple Network Management Protocol applications, allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to crash the snmpd process (causing a denial of service).

Solution

Upgrade the net-snmp packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=910638

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/net-snmp

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/net-snmp

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4314

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118071

File Name: debian_DSA-4314.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2018

Updated: 7/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18065

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:9.0

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: 10/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18065

DSA: 4314