USN-564-1: Net-SNMP vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• net-snmp -

Details

Bill Trost discovered that snmpd did not properly limit GETBULK
requests. A remote attacker could specify a large number of
max-repetitions and cause a denial of service via resource
exhaustion.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• snmpd - 5.3.1-6ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 7.04

• snmpd - 5.2.3-4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• snmpd - 5.2.2-5ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• snmpd - 5.2.1.2-4ubuntu2.2

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

References

• CVE-2007-5846