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ELSA-2008-0529 Moderate: Enterprise Linux net-snmp security update

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ELSA-2008-0529 Moderate: Enterprise Linux net-snmp security update

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

05/18/2008

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in the __snprint_value function in snmp_get in Net-SNMP 5.1.4, 5.2.4, and 5.4.1, as used in SNMP.xs for Perl, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large OCTETSTRING in an attribute value pair (AVP).

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp
oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-libs
oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-perl
oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-utils

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2008-2292
29212
CVE - 2008-2292
DSA-1663
OVAL11261
RHSA-2008:0529
SUSE-SA:2008:039
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000636.html
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000637.html
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000638.html
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