GLSA 201507-17: SNMP: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	SNMP: Denial of Service
Date:	07/10/2015
Bugs:	#522062
ID:	201507-17

Synopsis

A vulnerability in SNMP could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

SNMP is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/net-snmp	< 5.7.3_pre5-r1	>= 5.7.3_pre5-r1	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

All SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_pre5-r1"

References

CVE-2014-3565

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-17.xml

Concerns?

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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.