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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-18066) ELSA-2020-1081: net-snmp security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-18066) ELSA-2020-1081: net-snmp security and bug fix update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/08/2018
Created
10/06/2022
Added
10/05/2022
Modified
10/05/2022

Description

snmp_oid_compare in snmplib/snmp_api.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an unauthenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-agent-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-gui
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-perl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-sysvinit
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-net-snmp-utils

References

  • ELSA-2020-1081
  • CVE-2018-18066

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