Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0059: net-snmp (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0059)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236750

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0059 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2022-44792:
handle_ipDefaultTTL in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.8 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker (who has write access) to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service.

CVE-2022-44793:
handle_ipv6IpForwarding in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.4.3 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236750

File Name: alinux3_sa_2023-0059.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44793

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-agent-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-gui, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-utils, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:net-snmp-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44792, CVE-2022-44793

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