Executive Summary



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Summary
Title net-snmp vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-456-1 First vendor Publication 2007-05-02
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-05-02
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
snmpd 5.2.1.2-4ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

The SNMP service did not correctly handle TCP disconnects. Remote subagents could cause a denial of service if they dropped a connection at a specific time.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-456-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-16 Configuration

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9442
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9442
Title: snmp_api.c in snmpd in Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.3, and 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, when running in master agentx mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing a particular TCP disconnect, which triggers a free of an incorrect variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2177.
Description: snmp_api.c in snmpd in Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.3, and 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, when running in master agentx mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing a particular TCP disconnect, which triggers a free of an incorrect variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2177.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-4837
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 11

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for net-snmp vulnerability USN-456-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_456_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
34907 Net-SNMP snmpd Master Agentx Mode Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-395.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-456-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-20 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 120272-40
File : solaris10_120272.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-373.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-395.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-373.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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