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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..17c69e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200711-31"> + <title>Net-SNMP: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in Net-SNMP when + processing GETBULK requests. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">net-snmp</product> + <announced>November 20, 2007</announced> + <revised>November 20, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>198346</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-analyzer/net-snmp" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">5.4.1-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">5.4.1-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Net-SNMP is a collection of tools for generating and retrieving SNMP + data. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The SNMP agent (snmpd) does not properly handle GETBULK requests with + an overly large "max-repetitions" field. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted SNMP + request to the vulnerable application, possibly resulting in a high CPU + and memory consumption. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Net-SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5846">CVE-2007-5846</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:35:11 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:35:17 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:51:55 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |