Scientific Linux Security Update : net-snmp on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140324)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73176

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way snmpd, the Net-SNMP daemon, handled subagent timeouts. A remote attacker able to trigger a subagent timeout could use this flaw to cause snmpd to loop infinitely or crash. (CVE-2012-6151)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the snmptrapd service, which receives and logs SNMP trap messages, handled SNMP trap requests with an empty community string when the Perl handler (provided by the net-snmp- perl package) was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash snmptrapd by sending a trap request with an empty community string. (CVE-2014-2285)

After installing this update, the snmpd and snmptrapd services will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73176

File Name: sl_20140324_net_snmp_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/25/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:net-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:net-snmp-utils, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6151, CVE-2014-2285

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