QID 241494

Date Published: 2023-05-17

QID 241494: Red Hat Update for net-snmp (RHSA-2023:2969)

The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the simple network management protocol (snmp), including an snmp library, an extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from snmp agents, tools for generating and handling snmp traps, a version of the netstat command which uses snmp, and a tk/perl management information base (mib) browser...Security Fix(es):

    net-snmp: null pointer exception when handling ipdefaultttl (cve-2022-44792).
    Net-snmp: null pointer exception when handling pv6ipforwarding (cve-2022-44793).
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    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:2969 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:2969 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2969