USN-5795-1: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• net-snmp - SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) server and applications

Details

It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain requests. A
remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause Net-SNMP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10

• libsnmp40 - 5.9.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
• snmp - 5.9.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
• snmpd - 5.9.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 22.04

• libsnmp40 - 5.9.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
• snmp - 5.9.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
• snmpd - 5.9.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 20.04

• snmp - 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.6
• snmpd - 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.6
• libsnmp35 - 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 18.04

• libsnmp30 - 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.8
• snmp - 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.8
• snmpd - 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.8

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-44792
• CVE-2022-44793

Related notices

• USN-5795-2: libsnmp30, snmp, snmptrapd, tkmib, python-netsnmp, libsnmp-dev, libsnmp-base, libsnmp-perl, net-snmp, snmpd