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Posted on 20 November 2007
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-31
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Severity: Normal
Title: Net-SNMP: Denial of Service
Date: November 20, 2007
Bugs: #198346
ID: 200711-31
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Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in Net-SNMP when
processing GETBULK requests.
Background
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Net-SNMP is a collection of tools for generating and retrieving SNMP
data.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/net-snmp < 5.4.1-r1 >= 5.4.1-r1
Description
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The SNMP agent (snmpd) does not properly handle GETBULK requests with
an overly large "max-repetitions" field.
Impact
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A remote unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted SNMP
request to the vulnerable application, possibly resulting in a high CPU
and memory consumption.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Net-SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-5846
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5846
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
