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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : net-snmp vulnerability (USN-564-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 29920
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Bill Trost discovered that snmpd did not properly limit GETBULK requests. A remote attacker could specify a large number of max-repetitions and cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 29920
File Name: ubuntu_USN-564-1.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/10/2008
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsnmp-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snmpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsnmp9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsnmp9-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tkmib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsnmp-base, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsnmp10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsnmp-perl
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5846