Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for network management.
A denial-of-service flaw was found in the way Net-SNMP processes SNMP GETBULK requests. A remote attacker who issued a specially-crafted request could cause the snmpd server to crash. (CVE-2008-4309)
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 users of net-snmp should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Affected
net-snmp on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4309 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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