USN-2166-1: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 April 2014

Overview

Net-SNMP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

  • net-snmp - SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) server and applications

Details

Ken Farnen discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled AgentX timeouts. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash or to
hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-6151)

It was discovered that the Net-SNMP ICMP-MIB incorrectly validated input. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2014-2284)

Viliam Púčik discovered that the Net-SNMP perl trap handler incorrectly
handled NULL arguments. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the
server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-2285)

It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled AgentX multi-object
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to
hang, resulting in a denial...

Ken Farnen discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled AgentX timeouts. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash or to
hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-6151)

It was discovered that the Net-SNMP ICMP-MIB incorrectly validated input. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2014-2284)

Viliam Púčik discovered that the Net-SNMP perl trap handler incorrectly
handled NULL arguments. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the
server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-2285)

It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled AgentX multi-object
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to
hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2014-2310)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.10 saucy libsnmp30 –  5.7.2~dfsg-8ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal libsnmp15 –  5.4.3~dfsg-2.5ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise libsnmp15 –  5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.2
10.04 lucid libsnmp15 –  5.4.2.1~dfsg0ubuntu1-0ubuntu2.3

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