GLSA 202008-12: Net-SNMP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Net-SNMP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/26/2020
Bugs:	#729610, #734994
ID:	202008-12

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Net-SNMP, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

Net-SNMP bundles software for generating and retrieving SNMP data.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/net-snmp	< 5.8.1_pre1	>= 5.8.1_pre1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Net-SNMP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Net-SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.8.1_pre1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202008-12.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.