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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0183 -- [UNIX/Linux] Vulnerability identified in net-snmp 27 February 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: net-snmp Publisher: Mandriva Operating System: Mandriva Linux UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact: Access Confidential Data Inappropriate Access Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-6123 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products that also affect distributions other than Mandriva. It is recommended that administrators running net-snmp check for an updated version of the software for their system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:056 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : net-snmp Date : February 25, 2009 Affected: 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in net-snmp: The netsnmp_udp_fmtaddr function (snmplib/snmpUDPDomain.c) in net-snmp 5.0.9 through 5.4.2, when using TCP wrappers for client authorization, does not properly parse hosts.allow rules, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute SNMP queries, related to source/destination IP address confusion. (CVE-2008-6123) The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6123 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2009.0: 7b667de5129a9e08b36d805d35cbf060 2009.0/i586/libnet-snmp15-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 6c151b3d78c5d246ed85b895ba5156d3 2009.0/i586/libnet-snmp-devel-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 6a72b790faef70202bd1f621d3a1bee4 2009.0/i586/libnet-snmp-static-devel-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm b13546014a62f1b769301e3c4d81e212 2009.0/i586/net-snmp-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 6a1b4a23390aa6ccb08aa10159e84c75 2009.0/i586/net-snmp-mibs-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 3a685061ed4b5d88807a0a41057cc4fc 2009.0/i586/net-snmp-tkmib-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm af6a207a925a66c499728e2a636e4f10 2009.0/i586/net-snmp-trapd-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm ad9a815a618a83c09c34dd2c6b0f0722 2009.0/i586/net-snmp-utils-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 4bd012033253d9f07c1b09c014af1d28 2009.0/i586/perl-NetSNMP-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 9a66514b5c275e034957e187730f502d 2009.0/SRPMS/net-snmp-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64: 3afaf4fd7163993c13a9d2aae802e300 2009.0/x86_64/lib64net-snmp15-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 7b0220b95b4489bbf4e7f5dcce41c19b 2009.0/x86_64/lib64net-snmp-devel-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 149370affda026d32bf857b59ef67d77 2009.0/x86_64/lib64net-snmp-static-devel-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 3807127a87ecc25f0039dfde2779cd57 2009.0/x86_64/net-snmp-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 34a8c8cba34e4f3d6442d42f87f37d3a 2009.0/x86_64/net-snmp-mibs-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm a213806e75a50d5cee646a20f85e60d4 2009.0/x86_64/net-snmp-tkmib-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 6b4a5a30800a1aa6553a665846d7f3a6 2009.0/x86_64/net-snmp-trapd-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 586c0064a0cff39fa1a44be87da1e3f5 2009.0/x86_64/net-snmp-utils-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm dc4b52e9910de9710c91aaecbae2794b 2009.0/x86_64/perl-NetSNMP-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 9a66514b5c275e034957e187730f502d 2009.0/SRPMS/net-snmp-5.4.2-2.2mdv2009.0.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. 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