RHEL 6 : net-snmp (RHSA-2015:1385)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84942

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for net-snmp.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1385 advisory.

- net-snmp: snmptrapd crash when handling an SNMP trap containing a ifMtu with a NULL type (CVE-2014-3565)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL net-snmp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:1385.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84942

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1385.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2015

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3565

BID: 69477

CWE: 843

RHSA: 2015:1385

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