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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-44792: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Nov 7, 2022

Added

Mar 26, 2024

Modified

Jun 18, 2026

Description

handle_ipDefaultTTL in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.8 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker (who has write access) to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-net-snmp

References

CVE-2022-44792
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-44792
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-44792
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-47724
CWE-476
EUVD-EUVD-2022-47724

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