Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1124.
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for network management.
A divide-by-zero flaw was discovered in the snmpd daemon. A remote attacker could issue a specially-crafted GETBULK request that could crash the snmpd daemon. (CVE-2009-1887)
Note: An attacker must have read access to the SNMP server in order to exploit this flaw. In the default configuration, the community name public grants read-only access. In production deployments, it is recommended to change this default community name.
All net-snmp users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, the snmpd and snmptrapd daemons will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1887 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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