----- B a l a B i t S e c u r i t y A d v i s o r y ( B B S A ) ----- PACKAGE : net-snmp AFFECTED VERSION : <= 5.1.2-6.zorpos1.6, <= 5.2.1.2-4ubuntu2.2.zorpos33.1 FIXED : 5.1.2-6.zorpos1.7, 5.2.1.2-4ubuntu2.2.zorpos33.2 SUMMARY : buffer overflow TYPE : remote AFFECTED : ZorpOS 3.1, ZorpOS 3.3 ZORP-OS SPECIFIC : NO BBSA-AUTHOR : Tamás Pál BBSA-ID : BBSA-2008-021 BBSA-ADDRESS : advisory@balabit.hu GNUPG FINGERPRINT : 933E 6763 D32D A01C 1A75 F228 9CB1 81C7 D91E 8915 CVE : CVE-2008-2292 DATE : May 21, 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND: Buffer overflow in the __snprint_value function in snmp_get in Net-SNMP 5.1.4, 5.2.4, and 5.4.1, as used in SNMP.xs for Perl, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large OCTETSTRING in an attribute value pair. SOLUTION: We recommend that you update the affected packages immediately. Upgrading using apt: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list (if it doesn't contain this line already) ZorpOS version 3.1: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.hu/zorp-os \ zorp-os-3.1/3.1security zorp-os zorp-os-extra ZorpOS version 3.3: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.hu/zorp-os \ zorp-os-3.3/3.3security zorp-os zorp-os-extra then issue the following commands as root: apt-get update apt-get -u upgrade The latest upgrades will be downloaded and installed. REFERENCES: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2292