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[USN-564-1] Net-SNMP vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-564-1           January 09, 2008
net-snmp vulnerability
CVE-2007-5846
Kwetsbare Ubuntu versies:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Kwetsbare pakketten:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
snmpd 5.2.1.2-4ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 6.10
snmpd 5.2.2-5ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 7.10
snmpd 5.3.1-6ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 7.04
snmpd 5.2.3-4ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Bill Trost discovered that snmpd did not properly limit GETBULK requests. A remote attacker could specify a large number of max-repetitions and cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion.