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CVE-2022-24805
medium
Description
net-snmp provides various tools relating to the Simple Network Management Protocol. Prior to version 5.9.2, a buffer overflow in the handling of the `INDEX` of `NET-SNMP-VACM-MIB` can cause an out-of-bounds memory access. A user with read-only credentials can exploit the issue. Version 5.9.2 contains a patch. Users should use strong SNMPv3 credentials and avoid sharing the credentials. Those who must use SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c should use a complex community string and enhance the protection by restricting access to a given IP address range.
References
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5209
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-29
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00020.html
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/ce66eb97c17aa9a48bc079be7b65895266fa6775
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/67ebb43e9038b2dae6e74ae8838b36fcc10fc937