Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for network management.
A flaw was found in the way ucd-snmp checked an SNMPv3 packet's Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC). An attacker could use this flaw to spoof an authenticated SNMPv3 packet. (CVE-2008-0960)
All users of ucd-snmp should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Affected
ucd-snmp on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-0960 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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