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GLSA-201507-17 : SNMP: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86086

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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-201507-17 (SNMP: Denial of Service)

 A specially crafted trap message triggers a conversion to an erroneous variable type when the -OQ option is used.
 Impact :

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

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_pre5-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86086

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-17.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:net-snmp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3565

BID: 69477

GLSA: 201507-17