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Red Hat update for net-snmp
Secunia Advisory: SA16999
Release Date: 2005-09-29
Last Update: 2005-10-05
Popularity: 6,636 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1740
CVE-2005-2177


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for net-snmp. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges, or by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA15471
SA15930

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Changelog:
2005-10-05: Vendor releases updated packages for RHEL 4. Added link to RHSA-2005-395.

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-373.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-395.html

Other References:
SA15471:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15471/

SA15930:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15930/


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