[PLSA 2008-65] net-snmp: Denial of Service

[Pınar Yanardağ <pinar () pardus org tr>]

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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-65            security () pardus org tr
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      Date: 2008-11-05
  Severity: 2
      Type: Remote
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Summary
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A bug in the getbulk handling code could let anyone with  even  minimal 
access crash the agent. 


Description
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The getbulk code in net-snmp 5.4 before 5.4.2.1, 5.3 before 5.3.2.3, and
5.2 before 5.2.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service 
(crash) via vectors related to the number of responses or repeats. 


Affected packages:

  Pardus 2008:
    net-snmp, all before 5.4.1-7-3
    net-snmptrap, all before 5.4.1-7-3



Resolution
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There are update(s) for net-snmp, net-snmptrap. You can update them via 
Package Manager or with a single command from console: 

    pisi up net-snmp net-snmptrap

References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=8577
  * http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4309

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Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr


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