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Gentoo update for net-snmp
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16695
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Release Date:
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2005-09-06
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Last Update:
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2005-09-27
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2811 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for net-snmp. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to the Perl modules from the Net-SNMP package looking for shared libraries in insecure path locations. This can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the Perl script.
Solution:
Update to "net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.2.1.2-r1" or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits James Cloos.
Changelog:
2005-09-27: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-05.xml
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