CESA-2007:1045: net-snmp security update
Description
Updated net-snmp packages that fix a security issue are now available for CentOS Linux 3, 4, and 5.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for network management. A flaw was discovered in the way net-snmp handled certain requests. A remote attacker who can connect to the snmpd UDP port (161 by default) could send a malicious packet causing snmpd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2007-5846) All users of net-snmp are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Solution(s)
- centos-upgrade-net-snmp
- centos-upgrade-net-snmp-devel
- centos-upgrade-net-snmp-libs
- centos-upgrade-net-snmp-perl
- centos-upgrade-net-snmp-utils
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