<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201507-17"> <title>SNMP: Denial of Service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in SNMP could lead to a Denial of Service condition. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">net-snmp</product> <announced>July 10, 2015</announced> <revised>July 10, 2015: 2</revised> <bug>522062</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-analyzer/net-snmp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.7.3_pre5-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.7.3_pre5-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>SNMP is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment. </p> </background> <description> <p>A specially crafted trap message triggers a conversion to an erroneous variable type when the -OQ option is used. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_pre5-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3565">CVE-2014-3565</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 11 May 2015 16:23:12 +0000">K_F</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:05:46 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> </glsa>