Date:         Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:10:57 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for net-snmp on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Moderate: net-snmp security update
Issue date:	2007-11-15
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5846

A flaw was discovered in the way net-snmp handled certain requests. A
remote attacker who can connect to the snmpd UDP port (161 by default)
could send a malicious packet causing snmpd to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2007-5846)

SL 3.0.x

   SRPMS:
net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.23.src.rpm
   i386:
net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm
net-snmp-perl-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

   SRPMS:
net-snmp-5.1.2-11.11.1.src.rpm
   i386:
net-snmp-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
net-snmp-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.1.src.rpm
   i386:
net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-perl-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-5846 net-snmp SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64

Moderate: net-snmp security update

Summary

Date:         Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:10:57 -0600Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for net-snmp on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Moderate: net-snmp security updateIssue date:	2007-11-15CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5846A flaw was discovered in the way net-snmp handled certain requests. Aremote attacker who can connect to the snmpd UDP port (161 by default)could send a malicious packet causing snmpd to crash, resulting in adenial of service. (CVE-2007-5846)SL 3.0.x   SRPMS:net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.23.src.rpm   i386:net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpmnet-snmp-perl-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpmnet-snmp-utils-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpm   x86_64:net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.23.i386.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-perl-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-utils-5.0.9-2.30E.23.x86_64.rpmSL 4.x   SRPMS:net-snmp-5.1.2-11.11.1.src.rpm   i386:net-snmp-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpm   x86_64:net-snmp-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11.11.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11.11.1.x86_64.rpmSL 5.x   SRPMS:net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.1.src.rpm   i386:net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-perl-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-utils-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpm   x86_64:net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.1.i386.rpmnet-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-perl-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpmnet-snmp-utils-5.3.1-19.el5.1.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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