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RHEL 6 / 7 : net-snmp (RHSA-2015:1636)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 85497
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for net-snmp.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1636 advisory.The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), including an SNMP library, an extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the netstat command which uses SNMP, and a Tk/Perl Management Information Base (MIB) browser.
It was discovered that the snmp_pdu_parse() function could leave incompletely parsed varBind variables in the list of variables. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash snmpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the user running snmpd. (CVE-2015-5621)
Red Hat would like to thank Qinghao Tang of QIHU 360 company, China for reporting this issue.
All net-snmp users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2015:1636.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?83aebea1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1636
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 85497
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1636.nasl
Version: 2.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/18/2015
Updated: 3/20/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000116
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Threat Score: 1.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5621
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-agent-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-gui, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-sysvinit
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: 8/17/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2015