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Debian: CVE-2022-44792: net-snmp -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 7, 2022
Added
Jan 16, 2023
Modified
Mar 30, 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

debian-upgrade-net-snmp
Title
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