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FreeBSD : net-snmp -- remote DoS vulnerability (b2a1a3b5-ed95-11d9-8310-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19085

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A Net-SNMP release announcement reports :

A security vulnerability has been found in Net-SNMP releases that could allow a denial of service attack against Net-SNMP agent's which have opened a stream based protocol (EG, TCP but not UDP; it should be noted that Net-SNMP does not by default open a TCP port).

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=net-snmp-announce&m=112059518426328

http://www.nessus.org/u?bdf5e8e5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19085

File Name: freebsd_pkg_b2a1a3b5ed9511d983100001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:net-snmp, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2177

BID: 14168

CWE: 20