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GLSA-200509-05 : Net-SNMP: Insecure RPATH

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19670

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-05 (Net-SNMP: Insecure RPATH)

 James Cloos reported that Perl modules from the Net-SNMP package look for libraries in an untrusted location. This is due to a flaw in the Gentoo package, and not the Net-SNMP suite.
 Impact :

 A local attacker (member of the portage group) may be able to create a shared object that would be loaded by the Net-SNMP Perl modules, executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the Perl script.
 Workaround :

 Limit group portage access to trusted users.

Solution

All Net-SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.2.1.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19670

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200509-05.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 9/12/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:net-snmp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2811

GLSA: 200509-05