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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : net-snmp (MDVSA-2014:184)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77841

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated net-snmp packages fix security vulnerabilities :

A remote denial-of-service flaw was found in the way snmptrapd handled certain SNMP traps when started with the -OQ option. If an attacker sent an SNMP trap containing a variable with a NULL type where an integer variable type was expected, it would cause snmptrapd to crash (CVE-2014-3565).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0371.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77841

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-184.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64net-snmp30, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-netsnmp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:net-snmp-mibs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64net-snmp-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:net-snmp-trapd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-netsnmp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:net-snmp-tkmib, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:net-snmp-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3565

BID: 69477

MDVSA: 2014:184