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GLSA-201409-02 : Net-SNMP: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77471

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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-201409-02 (Net-SNMP: Denial of Service)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Net-SNMP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All net-snmp users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_pre3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201409-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77471

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201409-02.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 9/2/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2141, CVE-2012-6151, CVE-2014-2284, CVE-2014-2285

BID: 53255, 53258, 64048, 65867, 65968

GLSA: 201409-02