openSUSE 10 Security Update : libsnmp15 (libsnmp15-6247)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38950

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

With this update of net-snmp the handling of TCP wrappers rules for client authorization was improved, prior to this update it was possible for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute SNMP queries. (CVE-2008-6123) Additionally binding to multiple interfaces was improved.

Solution

Update the affected libsnmp15 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38950

File Name: suse_libsnmp15-6247.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/29/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:net-snmp-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:net-snmp, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:snmp-mibs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsnmp15, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:net-snmp-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6123

CWE: 20

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